Liang Ziyue and Zhao Min'an came very quickly, and the telegram sent by Muttel late at night on the 16th day of the fourth lunar month showed that Liang and Zhao had arrived at the Gubeikou Pass on the afternoon of the 18th day of the fourth lunar month under the protection of the "rangers" who had gone to meet them.

Muttle, who received the news, personally greeted them in front of the gate and ushered them into his quarters. After a brief exchange of greetings between the three brothers, Liang Ziyue went straight to the point and asked, "Old Thirty-Five, you said in the telegram that the suspected traverser was seriously injured, I don't know what his current situation is, and whether he is capable of accepting our investigation and test." ”

Zhao Min'an next to him also showed concern and asked, "Yes, has this person woken up now?" If he has already woken up, have you asked Brother Mu about his background and other information? ”

Mutel nodded and said, "Twenty-eighth brother, don't worry, since he found out his identity as a suspected traverser, my brother ordered someone to send him to the government office, and our most haode military doctor will diagnose and treat him." According to the military doctor, although the injuries suffered by this person were relatively serious, they were mainly external injuries, and there were no broken tendons and fractures, and the internal organs were not significantly affected, but there was no fear for his life, but he fell into a coma due to excessive blood loss. The man had now come back to his senses, and although he was still a little weak, he had no problem answering the conversation. According to the military doctor, fortunately, this person is quite strong, and he will recover after only a few days of good life, and there will be no sequelae.

As for his background, the brother felt that it would be more appropriate to wait for the twenty-eighth brother to come and ask in detail. Therefore, the brothers did not have direct contact with him in the past few days, but only let his subordinates listen to him from the side while serving him. It's just that this person's tone is tight, and the people who serve have not been able to get any substantive news. Fortunately, although this man was tight-mouthed, his two subordinates who were captured with him were very cooperative. When he was brought to his brother, he begged for mercy again and again, and 'knew everything and said everything' to his brother's questioning, which also made the brother know a lot about this person. ”

"That's the best." Liang Ziyue said happily, "The value of any traverser to us can be called infinite, if he can't survive, or although he is not dead, he has been unconscious like a vegetative person, then we will lose a lot." ”

Zhao Min'an heard that the suspected traverser had woken up, and that Muttel had heard the news from the other captives, so he hurriedly asked, "What did this person's soldiers say?" Is his surname Zou called Zou Zhenyuan, and is he a guard next to Han Deshu, the left minister of the Khitan Tokyo Prime Minister's Office? Brother Mu said that he would listen to Brother Wei, so that Brother Wei could judge whether it was the person I thought he was. ”

Mutel listened and comforted: "Brother Mo is in a hurry, since this person has already arrived in the government office, you are still afraid that he will not be able to escape, you listen to my brother and I will tell you slowly." ”

After speaking, Muttel paused slightly and said: "This person's surname is indeed Zou Zhenyuan, but according to his subordinates, he is not the guard of Han Deshu, the left minister of the Tokyo Prime Minister's Mansion, but the fourth brother of the Khitan 'sleeping king' Yelu Jing, and he is also the deputy commander of the personal battalion of Yelu Dilie, the commander who led the troops to attack the Gubeikou Pass this time. ”

Although it was only the name that matched but the identity did not match, Zhao Minan was still very excited when he heard it. He said: "It's normal for there to be some discrepancies in official positions. After all, it has been almost four years since he was separated from our father and daughter, and it is not impossible to change the position or even change the court with his ability. ”

"But it's also possible." Muttel agreed, "According to the confessions of the two captured soldiers, this Zou Zhenyuan was not originally a personal soldier under Yelu Dilie, but three or four years ago, in a hunt, he came forward to save Yelu Dilie, whose life was threatened by fierce beasts, and was seriously injured for this. Yelu Enemy Lie wanted to repay him for saving his life, and secondly, out of admiration for this man's bravery and fearless spirit, so after giving him a large number of rewards, he asked him from his original boss and arranged him to be a guard in his own personal barracks. ”…,

Liang Ziyue waved his hand when he heard this, and said: "I can understand Brother An's feelings, brother, but it is about the traverser, we must be cautious and must not be emotional." Your explanation has some truth, but in the end it is just your guess. You know, Brother An, the reason why you fled to Youzhou from the Khitan Tokyo Liaoyang Mansion was because you heard that Zou Zhenyuan was seriously injured and died in order to protect Han Deshu, and that he and his daughter had lost their backers and were unable to resist the forced marriage of the overseer, so they ventured south? Now this Zou Zhenyuan has come back from the dead, appearing in the Khitan army that is fighting with us, and he is also the commander of this Khitan army and the deputy commander of the Khitan Emperor's brother Yelu Dilie's personal battalion. The matter is so coincidental, and it involves issues related to crossing, we must not take it lightly, and we must follow the rules. Brother An thinks what his brother said is not right? ”

After listening to Liang Ziyue's words, Zhao Min'an's originally anxious mood gradually calmed down, and he also realized that he was indeed too eager, and hurriedly replied: "Brother Ziyue is right, confirming the identity of the traverser is very important, and you should indeed be cautious. What my brother said is not objective, it shouldn't be, it really shouldn't. ”

Liang Ziyue didn't care when he heard this, and said, "Brother An's words are serious. That Zou Zhenyuan is not only a friend who shares the weal and butter with Brother An, but also a life-saving benefactor for your father and daughter. As the saying goes, 'if you care, you will be chaotic', and it is reasonable for Brother An to be anxious about this matter, what should not be there. As Lao Thirty-five just said, now that this person has arrived in this office, you don't need to worry anymore. Whether he is the Zou Zhenyuan you mentioned or not, our class brothers will go to meet him later, and we will know at a glance. ”

After speaking, Liang Ziyue picked up the questionnaire needed for the identification of the traverser, and under the guidance of Muttle, he and Zhao Minan went to meet the suspected traverser - Zou Zhenyuan.

Identifying the identity of a suspected traverser is difficult to say, easy to say but easy to say. It is difficult to say that he is difficult because the discriminator cannot directly ask the other party whether he is a traverser as soon as he comes up, but can only obtain indirect evidence from the other party's answers and reactions by knocking on the side. It is only when the circumstantial evidence is strong enough that it will go one step further and obtain more direct evidence through certain key questions, thereby presenting the other party with a special question for the suspected traverser identity test in order to conclusively determine the identity of the other party. It is easy to say that he is because as long as the stage of direct testing is reached to seek the most direct evidence, the suspected traverser can often determine whether it is a traversal or not immediately after answering the first question correctly, and there is no need to go through the following tests.

For Liang Ziyue, Muttel and Zhao Min'an, the above two identification processes are too long, because when Liang, Zhao, and Mu walked into the room where the suspected traverser Zou Zhenyuan was recuperating from his injuries, and saw Zou Zhenyuan who was sitting on the hospital bed eating lunch, Zhao Min'an's excitement and desire to reunite with Zou Zhenyuan broke out again, first stunned at the door of the room, and then shouted excitedly, "Brother Zou!" And ran briskly to the bed.

The man on the bed was already aware of it as soon as Liang Ziyue and the others came in, and he hurriedly put the chopsticks in his hand and looked in the direction of the door. As a result, I was stunned on the spot when I looked at it. When Zhao Min'an shouted "Brother Zou", the man on the bed also came to his senses, and immediately responded excitedly: "Brother Zhao! Immediately, he hugged Zhao Min'an, who had rushed to the bed.

Although the words "Brother Zou" and "Brother Zhao" have fully explained the problem, Liang Ziyue, who has always been rigorous and steady, still took out the test questionnaire for Zou Zhenyuan to answer on the spot after Zhao and Zou calmed down a little. And the result of the test is naturally that there is no problem, Zou Zhenyuan is indeed a real traverser. …,

When the dust settled, Zhao and Zou recounted the situation after parting. Regarding what happened to Zhao's father and daughter after escaping from Liaoyang Mansion and the development of the "Qingyuan" brothers in Youzhou, Zou Zhenyuan was naturally embarrassed and admired. I was an enemy of the "Qingyuan" brothers, defeated and captured, and then reaped a blessing in disguise, not only reunited with my original brother Zhao Min'an, but also found the process of "organization".

And Zou Zhenyuan's account of his own experience proves that the news that Zhao Minan got at the beginning is far from the actual situation. First of all, what Zou Zhenyuan saved at the beginning was not only his own master Han Deshu alone, but also Yelu Enemy Lie who hunted with Han Deshu. Moreover, in terms of the position of the two of them and the tiger that suddenly appeared, Yelu was even closer. Therefore, it is more accurate to say that Zou Zhenyuan was not so much to save Han Deshu's injuries, but to say that he was injured to save Yelu's enemies. Secondly, although Zou Zhenyuan was seriously injured in interfering with the tiger's attack on Yelu Dilie, thanks to his traverser physique, the injuries that would surely kill ordinary people did not kill him, but miraculously survived - although he was in a coma for three days and three nights.

Of course, the discrepancy in what the brothers said was not a lie, but a discrepancy in the information caused by the messenger and some special reasons after the incident.

Han Deshu was in a bad mood after meeting the tiger, and he felt that this matter was ominous. So, after the incident, he asked the Khitan Emperor to resign on the grounds of physical discomfort and returned to Liaoyang Mansion with his guards. In this way, the first news that came out after his subordinates returned was naturally that Zou Zhenyuan died to save Han Deshu - as the guards of the Han Mansion, of course, they had to publicize that Zou Zhenyuan had come forward to repay Han Deshu's kindness, in order to show the benevolence and virtue of their master. Later, Zou Zhenyuan not only did not die, but also was told that Yelu was going to be a guard by his side, it was already a month after the incident, and at this time, the Zhao father and daughter had already killed the overseer and fled.

It is also worth mentioning that when Zou Zhenyuan had just switched to Yelu's enemy, he didn't know what happened to Zhao's father and daughter. It wasn't until he recovered from his injuries and asked Yelu Dilie for leave to return to the farm outside Liaoyang Mansion that he learned the whole story from the mouths of others. Since then, he has tried every means to find the whereabouts of Zhao's father and daughter, but he has never received any definite news. In the end, he could only reluctantly give up the idea of continuing to look for him in frustration and regret, and be his guard wholeheartedly. Moreover, because of his serious work, his real ability, and his life-saving grace to Yelu's enemy martyrs, he was promoted from an ordinary guard to the deputy commander of the pro-military battalion in just a few years. If it weren't for the defeat of Gubeikou Pass this time, he would probably have been sent out to be a general leading the troops after he returned.

Now, with the defeat of the Khitan army and the death of Yelu at Gubeikou Pass, everything he promised to give Zou Zhenyuan is impossible to talk about. Of course, for Zou Zhenyuan, the Battle of Gubeikou Pass closed the door for him to be a general in the Khitan, but it also opened another door for him, a gate that may be brighter and more brilliant than his prospects as a general in the Khitan.