Contacting Li Xin is indeed the most important thing, but the enemy situation is complicated, and for the sake of safety, it is necessary to send a person whom Li Xin has seen and knows, so as to gain Li Xin's trust, then there are probably only two people in the city who are familiar with Li Xin. One is Sun Chengzong, and the other is Liu Yuliang.

Except for these two people, the people in the city are basically natives of Liaoxi, and even if they are not locals, they have no intersection with Li Xin.

"Shanhaiguan was besieged by the Tartars before and after, and it was really a matter of life and death." Zu Dashou's voice suddenly stagnated for a while, and then continued: "It's good if the Tartars have been aiming at Shanhaiguan, but I'm afraid, I'm afraid that they will ignore Shanhaiguan and go straight to Gyeonggi, and even if the siege of Shanhaiguan is resolved smoothly at that time, who of you here can be exempted from sin?" ”

"Ahem, ahem...... What Fu Yu said is good, the top priority is not only to relieve the siege of Shanhaiguan, but also to firmly attract the Tartars in Shanhaiguan, otherwise it will ......"

At this point, Sun Chengzong coughed violently again. Liu Yuliang didn't need him to finish talking this time, and he also knew how strict the consequences would be otherwise.

"Liu Xiang, ah......"

Liu Yuliang was surprised to find that Sun Chengzong actually led the conversation to himself, and even if he was uncomfortable, he felt that a cool breeze was swishing behind him, and the ominous premonition was unprecedentedly strong. Sure enough, Sun Chengzong rarely showed a smile, but in Liu Yuliang's eyes, it was like sitting on pins and needles.

"Liu Xiang, the old man still remembers the majesty of you when you entered Gaoyang single-handedly last year, this courage is not the exaggeration that the old man said, there is only one person in the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, even the old man does not have the courage!"

"The old man is too famous, the old man is too reputable!"

Liu Yuliang laughed more ugly than crying, Sun Chengzong used this incident as his opening remarks, even the most stupid person should understand, what to say next! He suddenly felt like a fish on a chopping board waiting to be slaughtered, with no chance to resist. It should be said that he did not dare to resist and could not resist. Liu Yuliang went to Shanhaiguan to supervise the army as a cabinet scholar, although he had no real power, but in this extremely critical situation, if he became a turtle with a shrunken head, once it was passed back to Jingshi in the future, it would reach the emperor's ears, and he would still have his good fruit to eat?

Horizontal and vertical are dead, it is better to look better than death, Liu Yuliang thought of this, and said suddenly: "Ge Lao, Liu understands, it's a big deal that this old bone will ride a thousand miles again, and go to Jinzhou to meet that Li Xin!" ”

Liu Yuliang's sudden statement made Zu Dashou stunned, and he looked him up and down carefully a few times to see if he was confused. But seeing that Liu Yuliang spoke freely, not like he had a brain problem, he was sure that he had indeed made up his mind to see Li Xin.

"The old man is so daring! Admire under the mark! ”

At the same time, bowing down is a deep bow! Liu Yuliang has an illusion that Zu Dashou's gift this time seems to be very unusual from the past! It's as sincere as it is, it's weird!

After Liu Yuliang decided to find Li Xin's whereabouts in person, he decided to act that night. After getting dark, he changed into the clothes of the people of Liaoxi, led the old housekeeper Liu Fu and brought four guards from Liaoxi, and secretly went down by rope, bypassing the eyes of the Qing army, and quietly hid in the night.

After walking for a few hours, he finally escaped from the reconnaissance range of the Qing army, and there were almost no scouts on the road. Looking at the sky again, it was already faintly white, but soon it was cloudy again, and there was a tendency for wind and rain to come. Liu Yuliang sat on the ground with his buttocks, planning to take a breath before leaving, but once this breath was discharged, when he stood up, he found that his feet were like stepping on coals, and the fire burned painfully. The old man was so pampered that his feet were covered with dense blisters when he walked all night. It's just that the burden is on his body, and he can't afford to miss the slightest, Liu Yuliang insisted on standing up, gritting his teeth and limping to lead the five entourages to the northeast.

However, Liu Yuliang didn't notice that they were going in the wrong direction, and they were supposed to go northeast, but they ended up going west. Soon they were stopped by a great river, who, though not deep, had a strong current, so they went up to find a shallow place to cross the river.

After walking for more than ten miles, I saw a shoal in front of me. Liu Yuliang was overjoyed, and was just about to cross the river when he heard gongs sounding in all directions, and countless torches were suddenly raised around......

Finished! Liu Yuliang's eyes closed, and all thoughts were lost. fell into the trap of the other party without warning, how could it be so easy to fall short? What an unwillingness! Then he felt that someone had been struck in the back, and then the whole person fell to the ground and gnawed on a mouthful of mud. Then his arms were reversed to his back as if he had been twisted, and he was firmly tied with hemp rope.

Liu Yuliang, who was extremely depressed, couldn't even remember how he was taken away, he only felt like a dog being dragged on the ground, and someone kicked him a few times from time to time. As for Liu Fu and the four guards, Liu Yuliang has long lost the idea of caring about them, and now he is still difficult to protect, where can he take care of others.

Liu Yuliang was stunned and gritted his teeth, he didn't scream, he didn't beg for mercy, he was also a scholar of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet, not to mention that he was once the first assistant of the cabinet, even if he is now a prisoner, he must have the integrity of the first assistant.

However, he still kept an eye on it and did not tell his true identity, after all, once the identity of the cabinet scholar was revealed, he couldn't run away if he wanted to, and he might be able to find an opportunity to escape with the identity of an ordinary detail.

But what happened next made Liu Yuliang very shocked, and he was horrified to find that these people were not going to detain and interrogate him, but dragged him directly to the forest by the river, making him kneel on the ground, and at the same time several knife and axe men came over.

Liu Yuliang suddenly realized that where they were going to interrogate themselves, it was clear that they were here to execute, and the dignified cabinet scholar was about to die like a kitten and a puppy. At the critical moment when the knife and axe man raised the ghost head knife in his hand, he shouted desperately:

"Don't kill me, don't kill me. I am Liu Yuliang, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet University! I am Liu Yuliang, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet University! ”

In the midst of the lightning, Liu Yuliang went out. I'd rather expose my identity than save my life for the time being, and even if I die, I can't die as a mere worker.

The raised ghost head knife did not fall for a long time, it was only a few blinks of an eye, but in Liu Yuliang's opinion, it was as long as a few years, until the other party helped him up, and he was sure that he was finally alive from death.

"Is this guy a liar? How could a dignified old man come to this place where birds don't......"

"But what if it's really an old man? In case you kill the wrong ......"

"Alas, don't say so much, go ask the marshal......"

Liu Yuliang's ears came the whispers of several Tartars, what a handsome, what a pavilion elder, why is the speech of this group of Tartars so inexplicable. Just as he was thinking nonsense, a Tartar stepped forward to question him, this time obviously much more polite.

"Are you really the elder of the Ming Dynasty?"

"It's like a fake!"

"Then do you know Governor Ningyuan?"

"Sun Jiao?"

Liu Yuliang's heart tightened, and he subconsciously spit out two words, which were the name of a person.

"It seems that you know that we are handsome, but this does not prove that you are the elder of the pavilion, you wait, we will be handsome in a while, and you will naturally know whether what you said is true or false!"

At this moment, Liu Yuliang was inexplicably excited in his heart, and asked himself: "Wait, strong man, are you Han?" ”

"Look at us, we are not Han Chinese, are we still Tartars?"

By the light of the torches, Liu Yuliang noticed that these people were wearing Han costumes, and some even wore shabby red Ming army uniforms.

"So Ningyuan Governor Sun Ji is still alive? He didn't die? ”

But the man stopped doing it, and scolded: "Who is so lacking in virtue and dares to curse us handsome!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Yuliang felt like he had obtained a treasure, not only survived the dead, but also met Sun Jiao, the governor of Ningyuan, who was rumored to have been martyred. Sun Ji is the second son of Sun Chengzong, and even the emperor praised and appreciated this person, and even shed tears after hearing the news of his death, and the significance of finding this person is extremely important.

"Is it Liu Xiang?"

A calm and calm voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and Liu Yuliang came back to his senses only to find a person standing in front of him, with a tattered robe and a stubbled beard on his face, but he could vaguely identify it as Sun Chengzong's second son, Sun Ji.

"Oh, the virtuous nephew is suffering!"

Liu Yuliang was excited and did not call the official title, but called the virtuous nephew.

"What are you doing? Hurry up and untie the rope on the elder pavilion! ”

Several soldiers untied Liu Yuliang in fear, and asked him to atone for his sins in a low voice. Liu Yuliang smiled indifferently, "Those who don't know are not guilty!" Besides, you are all heroes of the imperial court, how can you say that you are guilty? ”

Liu Yuliang pulled Sun Ji to greet him a few words, and then asked him about his experience during this time. Sun Ji let out a long sigh, "After the city fell that day, Sun Ji led his troops to break through the siege, fought and retreated, and then retreated into this old forest to avoid the pursuit of the Tartars......"

"A while ago, Hong Butang overcame many fortresses in western Liaoning, why didn't you go out of the mountain at that time?"

Sun Ji smiled.

"The elder didn't know that he was going to go out of the mountain, but it happened that Sun Ji had a cold and heat, so he delayed it for two days. When he was about to go out again, he was shocked to learn that Hong Butang had been defeated......"

Liu Yuliang thought for a while, said hello twice in a row, and then said: "Do you know that Li Xin has arrived in Liaoxi and has occupied Jinzhou City?" ”

"What? Li Xin is here? Sun Jie's eyes lit up, which was definitely good news for him. Sun Jiao had few people and didn't dare to send people too far, so he didn't know much about the situation in Jinzhou! ”

"Tell you the truth, my father was ordered to come to Shanhaiguan, and the old man went to Jinzhou this time to be entrusted by Sun Ge, and found Li Xin and Shanhaiguan to cooperate with each other, and he was caught off guard by Tartar!"

After hearing this, Sun Ji slapped his thigh and suddenly got up.