As soon as Yuan Chen ran into the back kitchen, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. I saw that the shopkeeper had fallen to the ground, and there was a wound on his neck, blood gushing out, and a large area of the ground was red. The big living person who was still alive just now has died of anger.

A yellow-faced woman next to the corpse, who thought it should be the wife of the little two, was now holding her cheeks in astonishment, looking at her husband, as if she couldn't believe what was in front of her. Beside her, there were two men with knives, one fat and one thin, and behind the man, there was Duan Xuehong!

"Is that you?" Yuan Chen stared at him and shouted.

"Hmph, exactly." Duan Xuehong smiled and said, "There is too much nonsense in this shop, otherwise I don't want to kill." ”

"That's why you're on a killing spree?" The woman turned around, her eyes full of tears, but she smiled bitterly, "He is an honest man, is he going to lose his life just because he says a few more words?" ”

"I'm sorry for that, too." Duan Xuehong seemed to be sincere in apologizing, and said, "But he is leaking secrets." I'm sorry. ”

"Confidential?" The woman said angrily, "What secrets do you have?" And you have a sword in your hand, and you are reckless. If this continues, you will not die well. ”

"Okay," Duan Xuehong said coldly, "You've said enough." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the thin man swing his knife and cut down the woman in an instant.

The woman fell to the ground, but she had not yet lost her breath, but her face was distorted, and she seemed to endure severe pain, and crawled towards the shopkeeper. Duan Xuehong didn't stop her, she watched coldly, watching the woman finally catch Xiao Er's hand. Only then did he look at him again. But before the thin man could mend the knife again, the woman had already lost her breath.

"You ......" Yuan Chen looked at the situation in front of him, and his voice almost trembled. Said to Duan Xuehong, "How did you become such a murderous maniac?" ”

"Murderer?" Duan Xuehong repeated and sneered, "Could it be that when each is his master, it becomes undeserved for me to kill people?" I think we had a common goal, to kill as many people as possible in order to escape from Xiangyang. Did you say a word more? ”

"I ......" Yuan Chen was speechless for a while.

"If that's all you know about killing, don't argue with me." Duan Xuehong said, "Then." Without further ado, come with me. ”

"Let's go? Where to? Yuan Chen was taken aback.

"Of course, I went to chase General Liu Zongmin. I will offer you to Him. Duan Xuehong said unabashedly.

"What?" Yuan Chen was shocked and said, "You and Liu Ming have detained me here regardless of fatigue. That's what it's all about? ”

"Huh. You're wrong for this. Duan Xuehong said, "He doesn't know what I'm thinking. ”

"What?" Yuan Chen was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you mean by that?" ”

"I mean ......" Duan Xuehong said, smiling, but this smile made Yuan Chen feel creepy. Liu Ming still thinks that you still exist as a bait to attract Wu Sangui. ”

"You...... When you say that, I don't understand it anymore. Yuan Chen said.

"Huh." Duan Xuehong sneered. Say, "I think." You already know that Liu Ming was taken away by me, right? ”

Yuan Chen pondered for a moment and nodded.

"It's all this little two." Duan Xuehong said, looking at the two corpses on the ground with cold eyes, "But it doesn't matter if you know, because I know that you can't get out of Yangzhou." ”

"Why?" Yuan Chen was startled and asked. But when he saw the two fierce men, one fat and one thin, the answer was naturally known. She knew that she was being watched, and if she left the city, someone would stop her.

"Liu Ming and I made up our minds, and said that General Liu had an important letter to arrive, and asked him to return to the station to understand. When he returned, I gave him a letter simulated in General Liu's handwriting. It roughly means that he will no longer contact you, but hide in the dark, control you, and not leave Yangzhou. He sent out a letter and waited for Wu Sangui to come, and when he arrived, it was the place where he died. ”

"You ......" After Yuan Chen heard this, his fingers trembled and pointed at the other party, "How can your current way of doing things be so dangerous?" ”

"Is this still dangerous?" Duan Xuehong smiled and said, "This is just for Wu Sangui, for you, and for the aftermath." ”

"I know, didn't you say it all? Okay, it doesn't matter, let's go, take me to see Liu Zongmin! Yuan Chen said angrily.

"Humph!" Duan Xuehong sneered, "You are very proactive, but I advise you." Although we will do a great job in bringing you to General Liu, if you want to disadvantage us, then we can also destroy you on the way. It is better to fight for the general for another ten or eight years, and slowly climb up. ”

After Yuan Chen heard this, although he was angry, he had nothing to do, so he had to remain silent.

"That's right." Duan Xuehong said with satisfaction, "Let's go." ”

"Let's go?" Yuan Chen was stunned, "Where are you going?" ”

"Yo?" Duan Xuehong's eyes widened and said, "I was still an understanding person just now, why am I confused now?" Go north and chase General Liu. ”

"But you've forgotten what you just said, have you?" Yuan Chen also sneered, "I can't get out of Yangzhou." ”

"It's not something you have to think about." Duan Xuehong smiled, picked up a hat with a gauze scarf from behind her, and picked up a set of men's short clothes, and said, "Change it." ”

Yuan Chen knew that resistance would be useless, so he had to obey the other party's orders and silently pick up his clothes. Seeing this, the fat and thin man hurriedly walked out of the back kitchen and closed the door.

Yuan Chen looked at Duan Xuehong, and saw that the other party was looking at her with a smile. She sighed, slowly took off her daughter's skirt, and changed into the clothes that Duan Xuehong had prepared for her.

When everything was ready, the four of them walked out of the inn, mounted their horses, and galloped towards the northern city.

In a few moments, they arrived at the gate of the city. There are soldiers stationed at the door, but they are Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers from the clothes. But for some reason, the thin man actually stepped forward and whispered something to the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers glanced at Duan Xuehong and Yuan Chen, hugged their fists, and let them go.

Duan Xuehong proudly whispered to Yuan Chen: "Now it's just the Ming officers and soldiers in front of me who are for my use, if it is in the future, the entire Ming officers and soldiers will be used by us." ”

"Humph!" Yuan Chen snorted in a low voice, very disdainful. said, "Be careful to pull the list in the future." ”

"What?" Of course, Duan Xuehong didn't see "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", she didn't understand the meaning of Yuan Chen's words.

"Nothing." Yuan Chen finished speaking. He took the lead and walked out of the city. Duan Xue glanced at her and hurriedly followed.

Although the two of them don't get along, they don't get along, but they don't have anything to do all the way. After passing through Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Jinan, I stopped and walked, and after more than half a month, I finally came to Baoding Mansion.

Coming all the way north, Yuan Chen has a lot of knowledge about the world. Because the breath of war became more and more intense with the north, after entering the border of Hebei, crows could be seen all over the sky from time to time. Wild dogs are everywhere. This dignified place in the Central Plains has become a place where no grass grows, and lonely souls and wild ghosts wander. It wasn't until he entered Baoding Mansion that he finally gained popularity, but it was a dense camp of soldiers. As for the people. are all in the cracks to survive. People are panicked, and there is little room for respite.

Following the soldiers' camp all the way to the center of the city, you can see a magnificent mansion. The soldiers at the entrance of the house were so well guarded that they could hardly even fly in.

When she came to the main gate, she saw Duan Xuehong hurriedly dismounting, and stepped forward to grovel to the sergeant guarding the door, and said for a long time. The sergeant looked at Yuan Chen carefully from head to toe for a while. He finally nodded and opened the door. The fat and thin man saw this. Hurriedly helped Yuan Chen dismount, and then led the four horses to the stable. And Yuan Chen and Duan Xuehong, under the guidance of the sergeant, walked towards the depths of the house.

I don't know how many courtyards I passed, and when I came to a side room, the sergeant turned around and retreated. Duan Xuehong guided Yuan Chen inside, and then instructed the maid to prepare hot water and bathe and change clothes for Yuan Chen.

Along the way, he was very tired, and Yuan Chen really hoped to plunge into the hot water with flower petals and wash it well. But she knew that this baptism was the first step in giving herself away. She is unwilling, she is unwilling to become the plaything of Liu Zongmin and even Li Zicheng. She misses Wu Ruojie a little.

But every beauty in this world is involuntarily, the Zhaojun who is out of the jam, the concubine who hangs herself, and the Xi Shi and Diao Chan who are added to politics. Of course, there is also her - this famous woman in the late Ming and Qing dynasties - Chen Yuanyuan.

After bathing and changing clothes, Yuan Chen twisted his waist in front of the bronze mirror, although the flower-like clothes were beautiful, they could only be used as a foil for her flower-like face. Although she was tired from the journey and her face was a little haggard, on the other hand, it also made her even more sick and weak like Daiyu.

After a while, there was a knock on the door, the maid looked at Yuan Chen, Yuan Chen nodded, and the maid opened the door.

It was Duan Xuehong who came in. I saw that Duan Xuehong also changed into a capable dress, and she also looked heroic. The only thing that hasn't changed is the empty sleeve on the left.

"Okay, right?" Duan Xuehong's face was expressionless, and she asked coldly, "It's time to go see General Liu, right?" ”

Yuan Chen was silent for a while, and had to nod.

Following the maid's guidance, the two walked to the front hall one after the other. After the maid was clear, Duan Xuehong led Yuan Chen into the hall.

Walking into the hall, Yuan Chen was startled. Although the hall is huge, it is almost occupied by a huge sand table. It's clearly a war room. Putting the war room in his reception hall and thinking about the battle all the time, how could such a general not win the battle? Thinking of this, Yuan Chen actually had a trace of curiosity about this Liu Zongming, and he wanted to see who this General Liu was.

There was no one in the hall at this time, except that someone was heard talking behind the screen. Duan Xuehong and Yuan Chen didn't dare to sit down, so they only stood next to them. After a while, the voice behind the screen became louder, as if a person was admonishing others, and said: "If you don't get grain and grass from other places, save these days, and attack the city with all your might, how can it not be broken?" ”

"General," said another, "but now the morale of the whole army is not as high as before, but it is suspected of being arrogant, and if the soldiers are allowed to attack the city at this time, I am afraid it will be ......."

"How?" He reprimanded his subordinates and said, "General Li has already left Shanxi, entered Hebei, and destroyed the Wanquan Division. Having said that we are going hand in hand, how can we let General Li wait for us? ”

"But, the general," the other seemed to be reassuring, .......

"Hugh wants to talk more!" The man said, "I have made up my mind." Stand aside for now, and come here again after dinner tonight, and we'll re-engineer our plan to break it in one fell swoop. After speaking, he only heard Qi Shushu's voice say, "Yes." Then, from behind the screen, several generals in gold helmets and silver armor walked out, but no one looked at Yuan Chen, who was showing off his flowers. Yuan Chen couldn't help but sigh that Liu Zongmin was extremely strict in governing the army.

Duan Xuehong saw that there was no movement after the screen, so she dared to walk forward slowly, looked at it, and waved her hand at Yuan Chen.

Yuan Chen also stepped forward, but unexpectedly kicked on a scabbard on the ground. The scabbard fell to the ground with a "bang", startling her into a cold sweat, and she hurriedly raised her eyes. I saw a man who was rubbing his temples on the Taishi's chair and closing his eyes to recuperate, opened his eyes and slowly turned his head.

When Yuan Chen looked at this man, the pores of his sweat all over his body were opened. The thick and dark eyebrows, the determined eyes, the large nose and thick lips, and the gray hair on the sideburns. This...... Isn't this person Li Duanlin? The underworld boss before Wu Ruojie became the boss, the underworld boss who was shot in the temple by her. The blood-soaked face appeared alive in front of him again, which made Yuan Chen panic, even more terrifying than watching a horror movie.

"General!" I saw Duan Xuehong kneeling down and said, "I brought Jiangnan Chen Yuanyuan for you." Then, she said to Yuan Chen, "This is General Liu Zongmin, and he still doesn't salute." ”

Yuan Chen was already panicked, and the other party's aura was very powerful, and a look would already make her legs weak. When Duan Xuehong said this, she hurriedly knelt down.

"When am I ...... Oh," Liu Zongmin was about to deny it, but as if he remembered something, he nodded and looked at Yuan Chen. Yuan Chen also peeked at him. But I don't know why, even in the face of such a beautiful woman, even if Yuan Chen used her experience in the police force to scrutinize and observe this man, there was no change in this man's eyes, not even a little wave.

"I see, go down." After Liu Zongmin said this, he closed his eyes again.

The first time I met Liu Zongmin, the time was only so short, and even Yuan Chen, who was worried about it before the meeting, felt unfinished. But Liu Zongmin was so calm, he saw her calmly, and let her go calmly.

On the way back to the room with Duan Xuehong, she wanted to ask Duan Xuehong very much, she didn't think about this Liu Zongmin because of this, but she was very sad about the other party's indifference when she had always been named a goddess. But Duan Xuehong didn't say a word, her face was expressionless, she took her to the residence, and only said "You rest" and turned to leave.

Yuan Chen fell crookedly on the satin bed, leaning on the silk quilt, a little overwhelmed, but turned to smile. Maybe the man is past the age when he is lustful for women, right? But she couldn't laugh anymore. Is that Liu Zongmin? Isn't that Li Duanlin? Liu Ming, who looks like A Jian, Yuan Moqing, who looks like a little policewoman, and Liu Zongmin, who looks like Li Duanlin. Those who had already died in her life one by one stood in front of her one by one in ancient times. What's going on here?

Is it the reincarnation of fate? (To be continued......)