Xie Shence tied the horse to the woods fifteen miles away, and then walked along the trail to the county seat.

Because the county seat must be a nest of spies, Xie Shence did not dare to ride a horse. In a place where you are not familiar with life, the most taboo is to use things that the enemy is familiar with and things that the enemy is never familiar with, it is too easy to expose flaws. Xie Shence didn't want to take risks.

What's more, according to his speculation, Murong Duan was likely to be in the city, so the vigilance in the city must be more than twice as strict as usual. And with his intuition, he subconsciously always felt that there was still one day to meet the terrifying woman Murong Duan. As for which day it is, it's hard to say, but in short, thank you for not wanting to advance this date.

With very little bark and herb juice, Xie Shence became a haggard scholar with a sallow complexion. The clothes didn't fit the identity, so Xie Shence didn't pity making it look like it hadn't been washed for two months, and with the appearance of unkempt Lassi, it seemed that people could smell the sour smell on his body from a stone's throw away. It's not just the sour smell of clothes, but also the whole person from the inside to the outside that makes people unwilling to get close.

Xie Shence blended in with the large crowd of people entering the city, and entered the city without surprise. Scholars like him who live in the north can be seen everywhere in Yan Kingdom, and there is absolutely no shortage in such a small county town. Xie Shence saw at least three scholars in similar attire along the way.

One sat on the ground and stroked the harp, and beside him was a beggar, and a bowl was placed in front of the beggar, and there was not a single big dollar in the bowl. One was being punched and kicked by hooligans, and he was still saying the same kind of words as a gentleman not moving his hands.

The last one was holding a book and desperately chasing a gorgeous carriage.

From Yuanjia of the Jin Kingdom to Hongxin about 30 years, it was the most powerful time of the Yan State, at that time, the national boundary between the Yan and Jin countries was about to be located south of Hebei County, and even the Yellow River was the national border in the southernmost time.

In those thirty years, the Yan State abducted many scholars from the Jin State, and even many families in Hebei Province defected and were recruited by the Yan State. It's just that in the end, the fate of the Yan State, which was located in the northeast corner, made a joke - the Yan Emperor died early, so the Yan State declined rapidly, the Jin State re-emerged, and a large territory north of the Yellow River returned to the Jin State.

The army of the Yan Kingdom retreated, taking with them the people who lived on the land, so many families were forced to move north. During this great migration, which lasted for ten years, many Han scholars became the disciples of the Yan people, and even retainers.

It is true that the monarch of the Yan Kingdom is a generation of male lords, if he hadn't died early, maybe the Yan Kingdom would not have declined so easily, and the Jin people who came from the south might have such a miserable end. Although the successor of Emperor Yan of that generation was not too bad, he was weak after all, and the fall of Yan's national strength was more shocking than the collapse of the battlefield and retreat for thousands of miles.

This abrupt transformation between the negation and Thailand made the Yan people unwilling, and they needed to vent if they were unwilling, so the southern scholars who were reused by the previous monarch became a punching bag.

Regarding this history, Xie Shence doesn't think much about it. Since the Jin family that took refuge in Yan State back then is now scattered, and those who survive can only survive for a long time, he will not have any boring thoughts such as dogs and traitors must die well.

The old young scholar who chased the neck of the gorgeous carriage stretched out, pushed up three or five generations, and his family may not be a member of the Jiazi surname Zhongxuanhe, at least it is also a state and county family. As for the luxurious carriage he is chasing now, whether his ancestor herded sheep for his family on the grassland, Xie Shence does not know, and he does not want to know.

Then Xie Shence saw a scene that made him want to take a detour.

Probably felt that being chased was a very face-saving thing, or maybe he just deliberately ignored the young scholar and asked him to hang to satisfy his vanity, in short, the grassland head man had enough fun, finally stopped and got out of the car, pushed away the knife guard who wanted to stop the young man from coming forward, and kicked the young man to the ground with a very face-saving person, and then spit, and said in the most authentic and pure western Xianbei tone: "The southern wild seed of the special mother, I have been following Lao Tzu outside Lao Tzu for half a month, isn't it?" Thinking about giving advice, isn't it? Sacrifice the corpses of your whole family! Just like you, a wild seed from the south, Lao Tzu can knock down a piece of silver casually thrown on the street, that one is not more knowledgeable than your kid, not more handsome than your kid? Who do you say gave you the courage to dare to play Mao Sui on Lao Tzu's turf and recommend yourself? Hey, Lao Tzu Zhente Niang is knowledgeable, and even Mao Sui knows that he recommends himself, but he is much more productive than you, a wild seed in the south."

The head of the prairie wearing gold and silver and holding a snuffbox in his hand either screamed or shouted, scolding majestic, cheerful, the young scholar was stunned and speechless, squatting on the ground with one hand covering his stomach, and the other hand cleaning up the books and papers that had been spilled on the ground.

The people on the street seem to be not surprised by this kind of thing, and they all consciously go away, and a few people who were still going to watch the excitement were brushed back and forth a few times by the eyes of the people around them, and they were unwilling to leave.

Xie Shence looked at the clothes on his body, feeling concerned, and then lowered his head and carefully walked around, so as not to be seen and mistakenly thought that he was also a southern wild species and was implicated.

The southern wild species is the insulting collective name of the Xianbei aristocracy to the children of the Han people who lost power in the early years. If such a title is heard by those families who have died with honor and power, I don't know what kind of wonderful expression it will be.

It was probably because his great power failed to attract enough eyeballs, or the young scholar didn't roll on the ground with his head on the ground and cry and beg for mercy for the first time, which made the head of the Yanguo grassland who had some soldiers and many cattle and sheep slaves in his hands a little dissatisfied, and took advantage of the fact that there were still many people on the street, and quickly kicked the young scholar a few more times before scolding and walking away.

"Lao Tzu is a noble nobleman, otherwise I would have to beat you to death in the street! What the hell?"

The young scholar lay on the ground for a while, then got up with difficulty, bent down and put the books and papers back together, and carefully blew off any of the plaster. There wasn't much expression on the face.

Xie Shence glanced at him, and before he could feel anything, he walked into a small alley with his head slightly bowed.

He killed six officials, but not everyone in the inn, so that in the evening, the entire county was cordoned off.

The city was full of people from the government, beating gongs and drums in the streets and alleys to search for the murderer.

Xie Shence hid in the cellar of a big businessman, listened to the faint noise outside, changed his comfortable posture, cut off slices of red wax-like ham with a sharp knife, and ate slowly with fine wine.

This is the cellar of a rich and powerful family, unless someone from the direct family of the nobility has been assassinated in the city, otherwise it is the death of an ordinary official, and it is impossible to find out here.

Xie Shence ate and drank to his heart's content, and then moved the contents of the cellar casually twice, ensuring that he could react as soon as someone came in, and fell asleep very slightly.

Sure enough, no one came in until late at night, and in fact, no one passed around the cellar throughout the night. Except for two feral cats.

At about the same time, Xie Shence came out of the cellar, and the tattered clothes on his body had turned into a set of gray-brown clothes, which at first glance looked like a small servant.

Climbing over the fence, Xie Shence was extremely careful to avoid the dogs in the yard, and then took a long time to come to a study by means of the torture of a food delivery person during the day.

The vegetable farmer whose nephew was on an errand in this house did not lie, and the man had not slept yet.

A few housekeepers who walked without formation and discipline walked by seemingly casually, and then another maid went in with a supper, and when they came out soon after, two groups of housekeepers walked by. At this time, the ugly time is approaching.

It's been a long time, maybe there's been a lot of things lately? The people in the study finally came out, so a short time later, the lights in the study went out, and then an old man walked out and followed behind the middle-aged man, who was not very old.

The reason why he is middle-aged is because Xie Shence has already pried out something useful from the mouth of the official leader.

Xie Shence quietly slid down the tree, a few feet away, careful not to make the slightest sound.

After waiting for about half an hour, the light in the middle-aged man's bedroom was also extinguished.

At that time, before dawn, the middle-aged man turned over, rubbed his eyes, and saw Xie Shence, who was yawning, sitting at the head of the bed.

"Hehe, no wonder I have nightmares all the time, dreaming that there are always people watching me behind my back"

Xie Shence said: "Are you sure you don't call people? ”

The middle-aged man did it, shook his head and said, "Don't shout, calling people will only make me die faster." ”

Xie Shence nodded and said, "Are you Gu Hun?" ”

"To be precise, it should be Gu Hun answering."

"Well, Brother Gu, I just want to confirm one thing with you this time."

Gu Hun replied very understandingly: "I try to cooperate." But before that, can you tell me if you are the one my sister-in-law rescued? ”

Xie Shence said: "Yes. ”

"Huh, I have long guessed that you are the spy of the Jin people, but I didn't expect that your Xianbei language is so bad, if it weren't for the fact that I lived on the grassland for a period of time in my early years, and I have some understanding of you Han people speaking a broken Xianbei language, it must be very difficult to talk to you today."

"Can you make the sentence shorter? And you say too much, I can't fully understand it. ”

Gu Hun was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

"What line are you from?"

"The eldest prince is a line, to be precise, the eldest princess is a line. Because everyone knows that the eldest princess will always be on the side of the eldest prince. ”

Xie Shence was very satisfied with this answer, and said, "Murong Cheng and Murong Duan really have ulterior evil? ”

Gu Hun was stunned again, then shook his head a little dazedly, and then became a little angry.

"Murong Duan is not in the city?"

Gu Hun replied with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, and said, "If the eldest princess is here, can you still come in?" A long time ago, he was a dead body! ”

Xie Shence said the same, so he didn't hesitate to punch Gu Hun in the face. At the moment before Gu Hun let out a scream, his mouth was firmly sealed.

Niang Xipi, you dare to be so rampant when your master is not there, who gave you the courage? Punch you twice first, and collect some interest!

Besides, you just spoke too loudly.

Xie Shence waited for most of Gu Hun's pain to be removed before he let go of his right hand, which was covered with blood. Except for the heavy gasp, Gu Hun replied very sensibly and did not make the slightest noise.

"So now, I'm asking you a key question"

Gu Hun's face was a little hideous.

"Is it true that the treasure of the Imperial Pavilion is going to be born?"

As soon as these words came out, Gu Hun was stunned, not because the few lame pronunciations of Xie Shence's Imperial Pavilion Treasure made him difficult to understand, but because it was also a problem for him.

Gu Hun was a little excited, but when he saw the short knife that belonged to him in Xie Shence's hand, he regained his composure and said mockingly: "If there is one, then you have to notify me." ”