Jining is located in the middle of Jinling and the capital, the distance is not close to say far away, Miss Xu's temperament seems to be more anxious than Lin Wanrong, riding on the horse for three hours in a row, stunned has been leading in front, and did not say a word. The sweaty BMW really lived up to its reputation, running vigorously and quickly, running three or four hundred miles in one go, and I didn't see a trace of fatigue, no wonder the Turkic cavalry was so strong.

"Hey, Miss Xu, let's find a place to rest in front of you, don't be tired of BMW, this is a treasure worth a thousand gold." Lin Wanrong rode a few steps, and finally caught up with Xu Zhiqing, shouting with a smile.

Miss Xu slowly slowed down her horse, glanced at him, and snorted, "If you can't stand it, just say it, don't make any excuses." It is not a lie that this sweaty BMW travels thousands of miles a day, even if you fall, it can still carry you to Jining. ”

Looking at Miss Xu's calm and relaxed appearance, she didn't seem to feel tired, and legend has it that she had gone to the front line to fight against the Hu people several times, and it didn't seem to be blowing. Lin Wanrong snorted and said, "Look at what you said, can I get along with BMW?" I'm worried that you're going on a long journey, Miss, and if you catch some kind of cold or something, I won't be able to explain it to your father. ”

"Thank you, Lord Lin, for your kindness." Xu Zhiqing shook her head, a faint smile appeared on her face: "This eight hundred miles away is simply not worth mentioning compared to the fierce Hu cavalry. I'm worried that Lord Lin, your body is weak, and I don't know if you can hold it up if you can hold it on this day! ”

Am I weak? Which eye did you see this girl? Was it visually inspected or touched? Lin Wanrong grinned and said, "Miss is really careful to observe, and even I can see that I am weak." Also, I've been overworked lately and can only come here seven or eight times a night. It's not half as much as it used to be, and it looks like I'm going to have to take supplements. Don't peek. As he spoke, he reached into his pocket and took out a small box, untied the lid and took a deep breath, looking intoxicated.

Xu Zhiqing only smelled a faint fragrance. Curious, he glanced at the situation and saw the appearance of the thing, and suddenly his face was red with shame, and he said angrily: "You, you, shameless!" ”

"Shameless?" Lin Wanrong said in surprise: "I just told you not to peek." Alas, I take medicine and tonic, so can it be called shameless? Is there any reason left? ”

"It's a shame that you said it, these obscene things. Is it your tonic? Miss Xu snorted angrily and urged the horse to leave.

Lord Lin shook his head and sighed: "Look at people from things, and look at hearts from things." The same thing, in the eyes of different people, sees different scenes. For example, in my eyes, it is a good medicine and a merit to save people, but in Miss Xu's eyes, it has become an obscene thing. Why is the gap between people so big? ”

Miss Xu is very knowledgeable and has dabbled in astronomy, geography and agricultural medicine, and when she heard his words, she immediately hesitated: "You, you said this is really a medicine?" ”

"Miss Xu is proficient in Dahua medicine, and she should understand that there is a vein in the theory of Chinese medicine called 'form supplement', which is what we usually call where to eat and where to supplement. Just like the broad bean, which is shaped like a kidney and kidney, it has the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the kidney. This thing in my hand, called 'Yang Ginseng', was born under the ice and snow of Changbai Mountain for thousands of years, as for the medicinal properties, according to the theory of form supplement, haha, I won't say it, Miss is so smart, she will definitely think about it. Lord Lin proudly sold the Chinese medicine theory he got from Xu Changjin, but his heart was happy.

"This is the 'yang ginseng' in the legend of Goryeo?" Xu Zhiqing had obviously heard this name, and said in surprise when she heard this, but her face was flushed, she probably never dreamed that the "yang ginseng" recorded in the medical book would be so "obscene", just like that Lin San.

"Yes, yes, this is yang ginseng. Miss Xu, take a look at it. Lin Wanrong smiled and wanted to hand the yang ginseng to her, Miss Xu retracted her hand in fright, and Lord Lin laughed, and the angry Miss Xu gritted her teeth: Despicable, obscene!

After frolicking for a while, Xu Zhiqing's face was blushing, and she was no longer in a hurry, she got off the horse and rested under the big tree, but she was far away from Lin Wanrong, as if he was as unapproachable as a flood beast.

Doctor's parents, this Miss Xu still has to learn from Da Changjin in terms of open-mindedness, Lord Lin put away the scary locket, and walked towards Miss Zhiqing.

Xu Zhiqing was resting under the tree, but she was keeping an eye on his movements all the time, and when she saw him walking towards her, her heart suddenly tightened, and a delicate chain crossbow appeared in her hand aimed at him: "You, what are you going to do?" ”

This is very similar to the situation when I laughed with her when I was sheltering from the rain in the Jade Buddha Temple. "Slow down, slow down, watch out for misfire." Lord Lin grinned and threw her a small bag: "Here's this, for you." ”

Miss Xu took the pouch and saw that it contained a kettle and a few delicate pastries, and a faint fragrance wafted over. She was stunned for a moment, and said softly, "Is this for me?" ”

Lin Wanrong shook her head and smiled bitterly: "It wasn't originally for you, but you are a widow, I am a lonely man, if I starve you, my innocent reputation will probably be ruined by you, so I should serve you first." ”

Miss Xu couldn't hold back a smile, put away the small crossbow in her hand, and threw him a small bag: "This, this is the dry food I prepared last night, you will also take it." ”

Lin Wanrong lifted the bag and took a look, but saw that there were several exquisite snacks inside, which were comparable to Qiaoqiao's craftsmanship, and there were many of them, and Miss Xu would definitely not be able to eat them alone.

Even my dry food was prepared, this girl was very attentive, Lin Wanrong took out a piece of pastry and stuffed it into her mouth, and said with a smile: "This is called communication, Miss Xu has a heart." ”

The two rested under the tree, Lin Wanrong looked at the sweaty BMW in a daze for a while, and suddenly asked, "Miss Xu, did you really go to the front line to fight with the Hu people?" ”

Xu Zhiqing took a sip of water and nodded lightly: "I have been to the front line three times. ”

"Was that a victory, or a defeat?" Lin Wanrong said with a smile.

"There is no victory or defeat, only yellow sand, blood, and stump arms." Xu Zhiqing's eyes were a little rosy. Gently stroked the hair in his ear.

Lin Wanrong patted her shoulder and sighed slightly: "The general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years." The green mountains cover the loyal bones, and there are people everywhere! Mourning, mourning! ”

Miss Xu glanced at him and snorted, "Lord Lin, can you please take your dirty hands away?" ”

"Oh, is it? Oops, what's going on? Lin Wanrong was taken aback, laughed dryly, and took back the big hand that wrapped around Miss Xu's thin waist: "Sao Rui, Sao Rui, habitual movements, I must pay attention to it next time." ”

Xu Zhiqing sneered: "Before performing your habitual moves next time, please look at the object clearly." I'm not as easy to bully as Ning'er and Qiaoqiao! ”

"You know, you carry arrows!" Lin Wanrong snorted, glanced at the sweaty and bloody BMW that touched together, and suddenly exclaimed: "Oh, they are a pair of lovers, alas, fortunately, Miss Xu, you are here, otherwise I would have unknowingly dismantled this pair of lovers, sin, sin." ”

Xu Zhiqing raised her eyes and saw that the two sweaty and bloody horses were really grinding and affectionate, so she secretly snorted to herself, and said casually: "If the beast doesn't know about the accident, how can people learn from him?" ”

This girl has sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and there are implicit organs everywhere, Lord Lin can't take advantage, so he has to laugh a few times, look at the sky and say, "It's not early, Miss Xu, let's hurry early." ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Xu Zhiqing's mouth, and she nodded and said, "That's very good." That's what I mean. She got up and took two steps, held the saddle and was about to step on it, when she suddenly turned her head again and said to Lin Wanrong: "Lin San, do you remember what you said when we met for the first time?" ”

Lin Wanrong was taken aback, what does this girl mean, do you want to settle accounts now? He laughed dryly, and before he could speak, he heard Miss Xu speak: "I don't mean anything else when I mention this, I just hope that someone can reflect and reflect, if you think that his wish can really succeed, then the sun is coming out of the west, driving-"

After a coquettish shout, the sweaty BMW galloped around, kicking off a puff of billowing yellow smoke, and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye. Master Lin was stunned, and then laughed out loud, interesting, Lao Xu, this girl is so interesting.

All the way to Jining, the two of them and the two horses were one in front of the other, keeping enough distance and never saying a word again. In the middle of the night, the two sweaty BMWs hissed and vomited hot, kept lifting their tails, and the sound of hooves gradually weakened. Lin Wanrong's face was covered with dust, and when she looked up, a towering city tower stood in front of the two of them in the distance, the city wall was strong and heavily guarded, and the gap left by the bombardment of the White Lotus War that day had not been completely blocked.

"Jining has arrived!" Lin Wanrong pulled the reins of the horse, and the front hooves of the sweaty BMW soared into the air, leaving a long neigh, leaving an excited shout.

Xu Zhiqing immediately looked at the towering city tower in front of the city gate, and sighed slightly: "Is this Jining?" Sure enough, the city is high and thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack, no wonder the White Lotus Sect has been entrenched here for many years without being defeated. When you attacked in the past, it took a lot of effort. ”

Lin Wanrong said with a smile: "I got it cheaply, and I didn't fight any battles." ”

Xu Zhiqing glared at him and snorted, "Pick cheap? You say that the land is light, and there is no blood of the soldiers, where do you choose the cheapest? ”

Yes, even if I didn't say it, this chick is upright and boundless, Lord Lin smiled bitterly, and Miss Xu sighed softly: "We are here, but I don't know if we can help Ning'er?" ”

"Big brother, big brother, is that you?" There was a cry of surprise from the front, hundreds of people held torches alof, as if they were looking for something, and a sturdy figure in the crowd threw away the torches, shouted excitedly, and rushed over.

"Xiao Luo-" Lin Wanrong shouted, turned over and dismounted, and looked at Luo Yuan, who was rushing towards him, and was extremely excited.

"Big brother, you want to kill me!" Luo Yuan ran in front of him a few steps, grabbed his arm, and screamed excitedly, with a little tear in his eyes.

I haven't seen him for a few months, Luo Yuan has grown taller, darker and thinner, his eyes are bloodshot, his fatigue is full, but his face is extremely excited and excited.

"Big brother, big brother, you're here." Luo Yuan was like a wronged child, he was still strong and rigid in front of everyone, and when he saw Lin Wanrong's face, the tears in his eyes couldn't bear it anymore, and he rushed down in an instant, hugged him and cried loudly.

Luo Yuan has matured a lot in the past few months, but after all, he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and it is a miracle that he has been able to hold on to such a blow so far. Lin Wanrong's mood became heavier and heavier, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Luo, it's good." You are not defeated, you are my good brother. ”

"Big brother, if you don't come again, we're afraid we won't be able to hold on. Daddy, daddy—"

"What's wrong with Lord Luo?" Lin Wanrong grabbed Luo Yuan and asked anxiously, although Luo Min is an old fox, he has a sense of understanding and maintenance for Lin Wanrong.

"The night before yesterday, there was an accident with the silver, and after my father got the news, he vomited three mouthfuls of blood in a row, and fainted on the spot and has not woken up until now." Luo Yuan cried bitterly. In front of the eldest brother, he is just a child.

The silver was robbed, and Luo Min fell unconscious. The whole of Jining and the whole of Shandong became a mess, and the situation was even worse than he imagined.

Can't mess up, can't mess up, Lin Wanrong stood firm, bit her tongue, forced herself to stay awake, and turned back to Xu Zhiqing and said, "Miss Xu, I heard that you are proficient in the art of disambiguation. Can you go and see Lord Luo? Xiao Luo, don't you know this, this is Lord Xu Wei's daughter, and also your sister's close friend, Miss Xu Zhiqing! ”

Luo Yuan was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "You are Sister Zhiqing?" Little brother Luo Yuan visits his sister! ”

Miss Xu hurriedly helped Luo Yuan up: "Little Brother Luo, don't be polite, Sister Yu is in a hurry, and I don't know if I can help!" ”

"It's enough to have a heart!" Lin Wanrong said lightly, and turned to Luo Yuan again: "Xiao Luo." Where was the silver robbed, and what is the current situation in Jining, you tell me first. ”

Luo Yuan saw that the eldest brother asked, and seemed to have a backbone, wiped away his tears and said: "This batch of silver was transported from Hangzhou to Jining through Chuzhou the night before yesterday, and it was originally going to be released by changing the customs clearance documents, but it was late when the carriage and horse transporting the silver arrived in Jining, and the chief military officer in charge of escorting was worried that something would happen on the road, so he asked his father to be stationed outside Jining for one night. Unexpectedly, something happened that night, and at the end of the shift, my father couldn't feel at ease, so he went to patrol the camp in person. When I arrived at the camp, I saw that everything was empty, not only did the 350,000 taels of silver disappear, but even the 5,000 elite soldiers with horses and weapons disappeared without a trace. ”

"These 5,000 elite soldiers and 350,000 taels of silver are stationed outside which city gate?" Lin Wanrong frowned and asked.

"They came from Chuzhou and were stationed outside the south gate of Jining City." Luo Yuan replied.

South Gate? That's where I broke through Jining City at the beginning, I really didn't expect that when I turned around, Lao Tzu would turn back again. He sighed and said, "When these five thousand elite soldiers withdrew, they still brought three hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver, didn't they leave any clues?" ”

"These bastards had a plan, and when they left, the tent was cleaned up, and nothing was left. Later, my father ordered the entire Jining City to be blocked, and a few witnesses were found, listening to what they said, I saw more than 3,000 soldiers from the east and west pulling carts passing by that night, without planting flags, and looking hurried, thinking that it was this group of bastards. ”

Three thousand men and horses each, and the East and West retreated at the same time? Lin Wanrong and Xu Zhiqing glanced at each other in disbelief, 350,000 taels of silver is not a decimal, the carriage has to pull dozens of carts, even if it is to be smuggled by troops, it should not be divided into two roads, such a goal is too big.

"Has anyone ever seen these carts ever since?" Xu Zhiqing asked.

"Nope. Later, the whole of Jining and the whole of Shandong were blocked, but the 5,000 people and the cart disappeared without a trace as if they had evaporated. ”

Xu Zhiqing frowned, as if she couldn't figure out the truth, Lin Wanrong sighed: "They have all been poisoned, of course you can't find them." ”

Xu Zhiqing was shocked when she heard this, and was about to open her mouth to ask, but Lin Wanrong waved her hand to stop her: "Xiao Luo, have you searched around Jining?" ”

"Since the accident that night, we have turned this Jining upside down, not only the four city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest, but even the dozens of miles in radius have been dug up by us." Luo Yuan shook his head, his face was full of exhaustion, and he knew the result without asking.

Seeing Luo Yuan's haggard appearance, Lin Wanrong couldn't bear to ask any more, and said to Xu Zhiqing: "Miss Xu, please go with us to see Master Luo first." ”

Luo Min's condition is the top priority at the moment, and there is no delay for a moment, Xu Zhiqing nodded, and the two followed Luo Yuan and hurried to the mansion.

Jining was originally a prosperous town, but it has only been operated by the White Lotus Sect for many years. In addition, when the city was attacked that day, thousands of artillery pieces were rushed, and the city was ruined everywhere. Luo Min's mansion is located in a dilapidated mansion in the city, although it is neatly cleaned up, it can be compared with the Jiangsu Governor's Mansion at that time, but it is a world of difference.

Introducing the two into a room, Lin Wanrong was taken aback. The sallow and thin old man lying on the couch is the pot-bellied Luo Min in the past? Why didn't he age like this after a few months?

Xu Zhiqing stretched out her slender jade fingers, gently rested on Luo Min's veins, and muttered for a long time before she spoke: "The spleen and stomach are not smooth, the depression is knotted, the body is sick, and the cold is in the abdomen-"

is to ask you to see a doctor, not to ask you to memorize idioms, Lin Wanrong listened anxiously: "Miss Xu, just say directly, what happened to Master Luo?" ”

Xu Zhiqing sighed: "Uncle Luo Shi's heart is depressed, and he has been sick for a long time, so he passed out. It needs to be well recuperated and will be recuperated for at least a year. ”

It's okay, Lin Wanrong let out a long breath. wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and saw Xu Zhiqing prescribing a prescription, and he couldn't understand what bellflower Chuanbei was. He grabbed Luo Yuan and said, "Xiao Luo, where is your sister?" Why isn't it in the house? ”

Luo Yuan shook his head, his eyes were a little moist: "My sister led people to search outside the south gate, and I haven't closed my eyes for two days and two nights." Big brother, go and see her. ”

This stupid girl is really dead. Lin Wanrong felt a pain in her heart, hurriedly went out, and went straight to the south of the city.

In the south of Jining City, facing the shore of Weishan Lake. There is no other road to take except an official road running east-west. When Jining was captured that day, Lin Wanrong's tens of thousands of troops captured Lu Kanli here, and later accompanied each other with Sister An and Xian'er in the ten thousand artillery thickets, and then to the warm time on Weishan Lake, scene by scene floated in front of him like a movie, and the sadness and sweetness in it were unforgettable. Now that I have revisited the old place, I think of the situations with Sister An Xian'er in the past, and I am kind and nostalgic, and I am embarrassed.

Outside the south gate, but see the crowd in front of the crowd, the sound of crackling and digging is endless, the excitement is abnormal, all kinds of torches and lanterns are burning around the city gate, illuminating the night as if it were day. Countless officers and soldiers with pickaxes and shovels in their hands are digging hard, in the dust, the voices of people are boiling, the scene is noisy, where to find Luo Ning's shadow.

It's really digging three feet into the ground, Lin Wanrong smiled bitterly, although this is a stupid method, but in the current situation, it is the most effective way. The silver must be hidden within a radius of hundreds of miles around Jining, and it depends on when you can dig it up.

Thousands of soldiers were all wearing armor and belts, and at night, they searched inside for a long time, but they didn't see a woman. Grabbed a few soldiers and asked about it, but few of them recognized Miss Luo's family.

Lin Wanrong searched all the way, walking farther and farther, the lights became darker and darker, and even the faces of people could not be seen clearly, and a few stragglers were sparsely left in front of him, and the shadows were very lonely.

Lin Wanrong glanced around, and her eyes fell on the emaciated and lonely back in the front. She was dressed in heavy armor, and her weak body was shrouded in armor, hiding her infinitely beautiful figure. Holding a small pickaxe in his hand, he waved it forward desperately, and the sound of slamming the ground fell on Lin Wanrong's heart one by one.

"Ning'er—" Lin Wanrong shouted in a hoarse voice.

The figure paused, then shuddered slightly, and the pickaxe in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.

"Ning'er-" Lin Wanrong ran madly towards the weak figure.

The figure turned slowly, a soft pale cheek reflected in the cold moonlight, and crystal tears shimmered with cold light in the night. Her chapped cherry lips opened slightly, and she muttered "Brother Lin", as if she had withdrawn the last trace of strength in her body, and slowly fell backwards......