rescued Xie Shenwei without showing up, Xie Shence did not have too much contact with the Xie family, and then rushed to Hebei Province non-stop. Finally, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I entered the well through Taihang Mountain.

Jingcheng was not a densely populated city, and Hebei Province was fighting at this time, so the population was even more thin. Those who had the strength all ran away, or were captured by Sima Bi and the Yan army to be used as strong men, and the remaining people were either old and weak who were forcibly left here, or they were slaves of the Yan army. It is not that there are no people who are free, but after all, they have a special identity. Under such circumstances, the actions of Xie Shence and others were severely restricted.

Xie Shence passed by here four years ago, and that time was to relieve the siege of Dingzhou, and this time he walked through the old place, and he already had a lot of emotion in his heart.

Back then, he was still the commander of the Tiqi Division, and he secretly came here to block Murong Cheng from going south and rescue Guo Fei. At the beginning, the cooperation with Wushan was seamless, and Tiqi also formed a strong friendship with the Northern Army, especially the Dingzhou Army. However, then he had a bad relationship with Sima Bi, and Guo Fei also made it clear that he had nothing to do with him, and even the relationship between the Tiqi with Hebei Province and the Northern Army became worse. Standing here now, Xie Shence feels that he is just a passerby, and he can't find the slightest sense of familiarity here, let alone nostalgia. Just emotional.

White clouds and dogs.

The ground has been scraped twice by Sima Bi and Yan Jun, Xie Shence can't find an acquaintance, and it can be said that he is truly isolated. Therefore, be careful everywhere, lest someone see through it.

The caution of the group made Cao Baqi, Ge Monkey and others suspicious several times. Xie Shence didn't explain much about this, but vaguely revealed the discord between Her Royal Highness the eldest princess Murong Duan and Right Xiangxi Zhongdu at the right time.

After that, Cao Baqi and the others also quieted down, at least they regained a trace of trust in Xie Shence. These people have already been scattered before entering Hebei Province, some people go south, some people go east to investigate, at this time, there are only a dozen people together, the two camps, not clear, each other is guarded, this is no way.

The relationship between Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and the right minister is not good, and it is not something that everyone knows, at least Cao Baqi does not know. Ge Monkey, like Cao Baqi, was blind to the internal affairs of Yan Kingdom, and they couldn't tell the truth from what Xie Shence said.

Of course, if it is true that everyone has never heard of the "big secret" of Yan Kingdom, it may be difficult for Xie Shence to deceive Cao Baqi and others, after all, there is no basis, and it is difficult for people to believe it. But the good thing is that among Cao Baqi's people, there is indeed a "know-it-all", a spy who once infiltrated Yan Kingdom, and he actually knows a little bit about it, and then the horse bandits actually deduced the whole "truth" of the matter according to the knowledge of this know-it-all, combined with the words of Xie Shence that Cao Baqi heard.

"The Yelu family is a royal family, and most of the direct descendants of the prince of Zihuang have not had a good relationship with the royal family in the past two years, because the war in the past few years was put on the side by the Murong royal family as a scapegoat."

"He is not treated well by the family, and he may have taken refuge in the eldest princess, on the one hand, for his own future, and on the other hand, it may also be a gesture of favor from the Yelu family, after all, the Murong royal family is too powerful, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and no one dares to do anything against it."

"Since this is the case, I don't blame him for being cautious Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is his backer, but you must know that this time the Yan people went south, and the right phase mastered it, it was very sudden, and the fish pond didn't necessarily have much space."

"He's credible, at least if he's a Jin person, we'll be dead when we're in Shanxi Province."

"I can't say that, this person may be reliable, but he is too cautious at this time, and there are some problems"

"We didn't fully trust him either, and we should be wary"

"Okay, this matter is over here, anyway, it has arrived in Hebei, it is our territory, Lao Zhao, you are a know-it-all, here we are not counting the head snakes, if he is a Jin person, we will report it to the Yan people, if it is really under Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, you might as well follow"

"When he uses us, he will not dare to hide anything from us"

This kind of ambiguity in everything, five truths and five falsehoods, in the end, let Cao Baqi and his party scrutinize it on their own, and round out the whole thing under the speculation of "maybe it is true", which was not expected in advance. I have to say that in addition to Xie Shence's superb acting skills, the urgency of the whole situation, which makes it impossible for people to scrutinize the whole thing in detail, is also a favorable factor.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.

This is the worst Lantern Festival Xie Shence has ever experienced.

There are Yanren soldiers with knives and guns everywhere, some people kill people in the street, they have to extort a sum of money for eating overlord meals in the store, some of the restaurants where they are sheltered and the officers are slightly better, there are several generals who are feasting, and the red cards that did not run away in the city are invited to accompany them. Usually bustling until late at night, the only fireworks alley in Jingcheng City is completely devoid of idlers, groups of soldiers holding knives come in and out, laughter, cries, begs for mercy and screams can be heard from afar.

Xie Shence still got some privileges through that waist card in the end. It's just a small area, bluffed an officer, gave a lot of benefits, let him keep quiet, secretly arranged a place to live, and specially brought two pieces of meat and some steamed buns and pickles, just these things, these dozen people can be regarded as having passed the Lantern Festival.

At night, the men who had been warned by the officer not to go out slept in a hay-lined house with a fire, and soon some people began to snore. Xie Shence didn't have much sleepiness, in this case, he would be surrounded and killed by the Yan people if he was not good, his spirit was highly nervous, and his body's reaction had to be extremely controlled, and he couldn't let the people around him see the difference. So he couldn't sleep, and through the cracks in one or two tiles on the roof, he could see the sky where black smoke drifted from time to time.

Before today, I also guessed that the war-stricken Hebei Province would decline rapidly, but I didn't think that it would be broken like this.

There is no basic law and order in military management, so everything is chaotic, people who lack food and clothing begin to sell their children, some good families begin to fall into the dust, some splashes begin to act as robbers, and some local gentry open their estates, in the company of the Yan army, and scrape the scalps of people who have no oil and water

There were dead people everywhere, killing people everywhere Xie Shence got up, then walked to the wall, passed through the wall beforehand, and seemed to fall outside the wall.

Today outside the wall, he saw a child snatch a handful of rice, stuff it into his mouth as he ran, and then be thrown on the head with a stone by a soldier of five big and three thick. The people on the grassland grew up throwing stones and sheep since they were children, and the throwing was naturally extremely accurate, and the child was knocked to the ground, and after two bounces, he actually got up and ran again. It's just that he should have been knocked unconscious, and he actually ran in the opposite direction

Xie Shence frowned when the child's dirty hair was in the hands of the Yan soldiers, but King Li Yan quietly grabbed his hand. Then the two big dogs were unleashed and ran towards the child who was thrown out, and soon after the child's mother ran over and was dragged away.

Xie Shence was inside the wall at that time, and heard the screaming of the child and the barking of the dog, and then heard the woman's hoarse cry, and then his eyes flashed at the soldier who was stealing the piece of meat with a knife, and he smiled and left quickly.

In the evening, everyone ate a full meal, Xie Shence nibbled on two steamed buns, did not eat meat, and did not even drink soup.

Someone walked over behind him, and Xie Shence heard a voice say: "Lord Yelu was born in the Gaomen family, and a family like Emperor Yelu must not have the opportunity to see things like that during the day." ”

Cao Baqi stood a little behind, Xie Shence snorted, and said, "You are from Jin, why are you indifferent to this?" ”

Cao Baqi was slightly surprised: "How about the Jin people?" Could it be that the Jin people are going to sympathize with the Jin people? ”

Xie Shence ignored the temptation in Cao Baqi's words and said, "We look at things from different angles. Some people kill quickly, some people don't die, some people can save people, and some people want to kill. ”

"Some people are born superior, and some people are born lowly. Some people kill people without being punished by the law, and some people who are diligent will also have their family property taken away. Lord Jerod, I don't know if it's because we're standing in fundamentally different positions that cause us to have such a completely different view, but anyway, Lord Jerud, that's how I've seen it since the death of my only relative. ”

Xie Shence glanced at Cao Baqi and did not speak.

Cao Baqi didn't feel neglected, anyway, he had a hot face all the way, and sat on the rickety well wheel at the moment, and said: "I am a person without parents, and when I can remember, there is only one bad old man with a missing arm and a broken leg with me." Of course, he won't take care of me, he still needs me to take care of me, sometimes he can't help me because he is beaten for grabbing food, the biggest help is that he replaces me and lets those people beat me. ”

"That didn't work for me. Because he was injured, I had to work harder to find food, and even robbed money to buy him medicine. ”

"After I got it, he was finally beaten to death, I was relaxed! One person feeds and the whole family is not hungry, and there is no real worry. Later, one time, I was stealing something on the street, and I saw a lot of people running in front of me, telling us to kneel down and not look up, I knew that a big official was coming, and I didn't dare to look up, but I thought to myself, what should I do? Then be beaten, and when the big official walked away, I raised my head and looked, but I only saw a back, that person was riding on a tall horse, a golden helmet, some people said that he was General Sima, the great hero of the north who was beaten by the official at that time, I don't know General Sima, how big is it, and the sky is very big? Actually, I don't know how big the sky is. All I know is that the official slapped me, and it hurt. ”

"Later, I went up the mountain, and then I became a bandit, and I knew how big the person I could only kneel on the ground and stick my head in the dust desperately wanted to look up to, and I knew that I would think in the future, I can't become that kind of person, I must be very close to him."

Then I went down the mountain and killed all the people who had beaten me and robbed me of my food. They were scared to death before I killed them, and they wanted to lick the soles of my shoes, even if I had just stepped on a piece of shit. But I killed them all. I was unable to find the grave of the bad old man, who is said to have been bulldozed the year I left."

Cao Baqi chattered, and finally thanked Shence and left, he was still talking alone, tilting his head to the sky, and whispering.

"I finally had the opportunity to see the man up close, without having to get on my knees and bury my head in the dust, but I realized that I was still far away from him, unimaginably far away"

(PS: I am very satisfied with the person Cao Baqi.) Well, I'm also very satisfied, to a certain extent, my pig's feet are not the center of everything, but he must be the center of this story. ）