Pingyang City has long lost its former prosperity, and the light rain washes the blood in the corners and corners, flowing to the middle of the road, and the mud and charred ash are together, and the air can still smell the smell of burnt and blood, and even the rain cannot cover it up.

Is this still Binh Duong? Nangong Jin walked through the city gate and looked at the city in a daze, unable to find the appearance in his memory at all. Suddenly came back to his senses and rushed in the direction of home.

No, it's going to be fine. When I left, my father, eldest brother, and even Song Ran were there, as well as the people from Jingzhou Hall, yes, there have been people from Qingfeng Hall guarding the house, it's okay, it's going to be fine! However, the enemy was 20,000 cavalry .......

The closer you get to Nangong Mansion, the more shocking it becomes. What about the gates? What about the fence? The stone lion fell to the ground and shattered in half. Nangong Jin didn't stop for a moment, and flew directly from the horse into the mansion.

How, how could this be?! There was no sound in the house, the front yard seemed to not have an intact building, the council hall was almost completely destroyed, and there were arrows, sandbags built everywhere, and even corpses lying on the ground, many of which were actually breezy and dignified!

Nangong Jin stared at all this with wide eyes, and suddenly ran wildly towards the backyard. Everything is ruined, and I can't tell where the front yard is and where the back yard is. Nangong Jin is just looking for it by feeling, Fenghua Garden, West Garden, Luting Pavilion ......, Qiming Hall?

Most of the walls of Qiming Hall have collapsed, the entire courtyard has been smoked black, almost no rooms are intact, there are dead people everywhere, and there is not a single living person in the whole mansion. Nangong Jin was looking for something in this ruin in a panic.

"Ah Jin." Yao Fangyu grabbed Nangong Jin, who was completely out of ideas, "Calm down." Most of them are Tatars, and the aunts may have gotten the news and left Pingyang City before. ”

Nangong Jin shook his head and said in a panic: "No, no, there have obviously been fights here, and there are many, many Qingfeng Hall ...... outside Qiming Hall." ”

"There must be something authentic about such a mansion. If there are Qingfeng Hall guards here, it means that there is an escape tunnel here. Yao Fangwei pulled him, "Ah Jin, calm down, think about where is the tunnel at home?" ”

"I—I'm ......." Nangong Jin's eyes were red, and she was anxious to cry, "I, I, I don't know." ”

"Ah Jin, listen. Let the army enter the city and clear Pingyang City and Nangong Mansion. Send a thousand men to look for it outside the city, I believe that there must be a tunnel in the house that leads to the outside of the city. Yao Fangyu wanted him to calm down, "Trust me, it'll be fine." ”

Gao Changjing hurriedly came in, and seemed to be frightened by the tragic situation in Pingyang, "Boss, the Pingyang Mansion has been destroyed." It is better to let Sitang enter the city and take over the defense of Binh Duong first. ”

Nangong Jin took a deep breath, calmed down, and nodded: "Order the army to enter the city." ”

"Yes." Gao Changjing received the order and was about to leave.

"Wait, leave a thousand outside the city, search for the people of Pingyang who have escaped from the city, and take them back to the city." Nangong Jin stopped Gao Changjing and continued to command.

Gao Changjing looked at the situation in Qiming Hall, seemed to understand Nangong Jin's intentions, and said loudly: "My subordinates understand." ”

In less than half an hour, four thousand troops entered the city. There are imperial flags and military flags embroidered with the word 'Nangong' floating all over the city.

Nangong Mansion was the first to be cleaned up, and sure enough, no one was in the house, which made Nangong Jin feel relieved, and also set the meeting place in the few rooms with the least damage in the front yard. As for the army, it was scattered to the four city gates, the city wall, and even directly occupied the street in front of the Nangong Mansion to set up camps.

Then, he sent the news to the Jinyi Guard command post as quickly as possible. After that, while continuing to let people look for their families, they temporarily took over the internal affairs of Pingyang City with Gao Changjing, Jiang Sinian, and Wang Xuyao.

The army began to repair the city gates, and notices were posted in the city one after another, and the people in the city were sheltered and treated in several places. There is a tragic situation after the fierce battle in the Ping'an Fang, many corpses are still holding big knives in their hands to make killing movements, and there are many people who directly hold the Tatars to die together, there are not only old people here, but also women and children. After finally clearing the fiftieth body here, Jiang Sinian ordered the whole army to line up in silence to see off the deceased.

In the city of Pingyang, corpses were carried out of the city, Tatars were cremated, and the Han people waited for their families to identify the bodies as much as possible.

Yao Fangyu took over the 300 congregations given by Nangong Jin, and not only quickly began the repair and reconstruction of Nangong Mansion, but also organized the people to help each other and save themselves.

After the banner of the Nangong clan was erected in Pingyang, the first to arrive was the Taiyuan Aoki Hall, with about 100 people. Because almost all the big cities south of Shizhou and Fenzhou were ravaged by the Tatar army, and the city gates in Taiyuan had long been closed. These 100 people, led by the deputy hall master, left Taiyuan before Pingyang asked for help, took some of their belongings, and went to Pingyang to preserve their strength.

However, even if it was a hardship, before he arrived in Pingyang, he saw the Tatar army, and he had no choice but to hide in the mountains, and only then did he come out of the mountains and hurriedly came to confess.

In just half a day after that, Jinan, Jingzhou, Hejian and other churches all sent armed forces to arrive after receiving a request for help, which made Nangong Jin glad that they had only arrived at this time, otherwise in the face of tens of thousands of Tatar troops, three or four hundred people would just hit stones with eggs. It's just that Nangong Pu still has no news from them.

After Li Songran learned the news that he had no family, he hurriedly took a thousand soldiers and horses outside the city to look around, and he didn't know the location of the tunnel at home. Who knows, in the evening, he actually pushed back several carts of belongings.

It turned out that the main Tatar force that retreated before had plundered too much property, and it was muddy and difficult to walk along the road, and even the horses were stuck in the mire.

Although it was getting late, the city of Pingyang was still busy, Wang Xuyao was busy reinforcing and repairing the city defense of Pingyang, worried that the Tatar army would kill the horses, Jiang Sinian stepped up to clean up the traces of the war in Pingyang City, and Gao Changjing settled the people everywhere and pacified the people.

In the temporary office, Cheng Zhaofeng accompanied Nangong Jin, and Nangong Jin stared blankly at the window, Cheng Zhaofeng didn't know how to comfort him, the two just sat quietly, and there was no sound in the room.

Not long after, Yao Fangyu came in with a food box, although there was only one meat, one vegetable and one soup, the meal was full, and said with a smile: "Ah Jin, Uncle Cheng, eat." This is not a military meal, it is made by the chefs of Hongshenglong in the city. ”

Nangong Jin didn't seem to hear it, and it took a while to come back to her senses and ask softly, "Are they okay?" ”

"Hongshenglong? They built a new vegetable cellar this year, and it hasn't been completely done yet. When the Tartars entered the city, they all hid in it. The old vegetable cellar was found and destroyed by the Tartars, probably I didn't expect that there was a vegetable cellar in the restaurant. So, the cook, the man, the shopkeeper are all right. Yao Fangyu smiled. served a meal for the two, and said: "The shopkeeper knew that it was the second young master who led the troops into the city, and he specially made a meal and sent it." also said that other favors can't help, these days the second young master here food, they have taken care of it. ”

Nangong Jin looked at the food and said in a daze: "I don't know what to do, why haven't they come back, big brother?" ”

Yao Fangyu sighed softly, "They definitely don't know that the Tartar army has retreated. With your dad and big brother here, don't worry. This has been said many times.

"Will there be an accident? What if the tunnel crossing is blocked and they can't get out? ”

"Ah Jin, don't be cranky. Eat first, then get a good night's sleep. Yao Fangyu stuffed the chopsticks into his hand.

Nangong Jin held the chopsticks and didn't eat, "What should I do......." He stopped halfway through speaking, and something seemed to be heard in his ears.

"Let me in! Young master, young master! It's me, it's Baxi ......! The voice was far away, like a cry coming from across the courtyard.

Nangong Jin stood up and rushed out of the door.

"Ah Jin!" Yao Fangyu followed out.

"It's Baxi!" Nangong Jin ran towards the courtyard gate without looking back.

At the gate of the courtyard, Baxi was holding a box, and several soldiers kept blocking him from entering the room.

"Baxi."

Hearing this, Baxi was stunned, and when he saw the person clearly, he finally cried, "Young master, young master!" You're here, and I know you're coming. My father and mother are gone, and my aunt is gone, young master. I can't find any of the family......"

Baxi was about to kneel down as he spoke, but Nangong Jin rushed forward and pulled him up, "You, are you hiding?" ”

"Yes, the eldest young master wants me to follow me to Qiming Hall. But my father and mother don't want to follow me to Qiming Hall, I also want to follow my father. Later, I remembered that the young master didn't bring the medicine, and I was afraid that the young master would come back without medicine, so I went to the West Courtyard to get the medicine. When I went out, I saw the Tartars coming in, and I, I went back to the West Courtyard. There's no one in the west courtyard, and I—I have nowhere to hide. But there are more and more tartars, and there is no choice but to retreat to the small kitchen. The young master was not there, and the small kitchen had never been fired, so I climbed into the stove and hid. Baxi said while crying.

"How many days have you been hiding?" Nangong Jin asked.

"Four or five days."

Nangong Jin hurriedly pulled him into the room and asked worriedly, "What have you been eating these days?" Hungry for four or five days? ”

"The kitchenette had something to eat. When it's dark, I sneak out to find something to eat, and then hide back. Baxi trotted to catch up with him.

Cheng Zhaofeng was a little surprised when he saw the grizzled little long-faced little follower he brought in. Nangong Jin sat down according to Baxi and stuffed the chopsticks to him, "Hungry?" Eat quickly. ”

Baxi looked at Nangong Jin, wiped his tears, and handed over the box in his hand, "Young Master, you were in a hurry to leave last time, and you didn't bring any medicine." Dr. Du said that this medicine should be taken for a long time. ”

Nangong Jin took it slowly, her nose a little sore. I only heard Baxi choke up and said, "Young Master, can Baxi follow you to serve?" ”

Nangong Jin looked at him with moist eyes and said softly, "Eat first." You've always followed me. ”

Baxi nodded vigorously, "The young master is here, Baxi is not afraid." "I finally took the chopsticks and took a big bite of the rice.

Yao Fangyu brought another pair of chopsticks, filled the rice and handed it to Nangong Jin, "Ah Jin, Baxi is fine, the family will be fine." You haven't eaten in a day. ”

Baxi raised his head violently, hurriedly took the rice bowl from Yao Fangyu's hand, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Miss Yao, I should have done it." ”

Yao Fangyu laughed, "This meal doesn't count." After eating, you can do what you have to do. Okay, if you don't eat anymore, Uncle Cheng will be hungry. ”