"I'm sorry, I just lost my temper." About two quarters of an hour later, Yin Duo pushed the door open again and walked in.

"It's okay, I've already calculated it, and you can send someone to send the results to Xinjiang City tomorrow." I handed the bamboo piece with the final result written to Yin Duo.

Yin Duo took it and took it into his arms, and said with a smile: "I will keep this copy for myself, and we will report the number of casualties to fifty more households." I'll write another letter when I go back, and it's best to ask Qing to be exempted from the forced labor of the people of Jinyang City this year. ”

"You're crazy! Lying about the casualty data, if the prime minister knows about it, he will be killed. ”

"Don't be afraid, I did this a few years ago, the prime minister didn't kill me at that time, and he won't kill me this time." Yin Duo took out a blank roll of bamboo slips, frowned, and said, "You said that if you just report seventy more households, maybe you can pay a hundred stones less grain this year?" ”

Seventy more households! Pay 100 stone less!

Is this person joking with me? If he's not joking, can I assume I didn't hear it? This kind of thing, if you get it, you will be killed!

"Cheng Yin, how can you risk your life for such a risky thing? What should you do if someone says in front of the prime minister that you have taken advantage of natural disasters to enrich your pockets? "I tried to convince Yin Duo to give up this terrible idea.

"Because of the last words left by Dr. Dong, I became Jinyang Chengyin at the age of thirteen. In the past nine years, I have not taken an extra handful of food other than Yulu, and I am doing right, and I am not afraid of those villains to say it. Let's write seventy more households, so that the victims of Jinyang City can have a better life this year, and when the end of the year comes, it is best to make a sacrifice for the dead and appease the souls of the dead. ”

In the dim light of the fire, Yin Duo's childlike face was full of stubbornness and persistence, and I remembered everything I had seen and heard in Jinyang City these days about his love for the people, and suddenly felt that his originally thin figure was much taller.

"Wait, let me change the number of houses destroyed and the number of men killed. Well, the amount of money and food sent out also needs to be changed. ”

"You don't have to bother with it, do you?"

"Since I can't persuade you, I can only be your accomplice. You are not afraid of death, but the little woman is very afraid. This number must be changed, and when I finish changing it, the people in charge of Xinjiang will not see any mistakes. "Yin Duo's mind is actually very clear to me, after the farmers pay the field rent, they usually can only have a little grain left to survive the winter, but if a few more casualties are reported at this time, the people of Jinyang City can pay less land rent, and the extra grain can ensure that the people who survive the ground movement will not die of famine this winter.

"I can't see it, that's for the best. By the way, Ah Shi, I heard that the eldest son of the Zhao family was exiled to Pingyi in the north by Prime Minister Qing, is this true? ”

"Well, Jinyang City is now back in the hands of Prime Minister Qing, and who will be handed it over after that has not yet been decided." I took a pen and wrote a new set of numbers on the bamboo piece and handed it to Yin Duo, "That's it, you can send someone to Xinjiang tomorrow!" ”

"Okay." Yin Duo took the bamboo piece and squeezed it in his hand, and whispered tentatively, "Zhao Mengli was exiled this time, didn't he attack the prince?" ”

"Where did you hear that? What did you say? ”

"Jinyang City was originally a fief given to Zhao Mengli by the Prime Minister, and since he was exiled, someone would send me an official letter, but the official letter did not mention the reason for the exile. However, a person like him, who is ambitious and favored by the prime minister, how can he live under others for a long time? It is a matter of time before the assassination of the son of the world is plotted. Yin Duo looked clear.

"Since you have already seen that you have arrived, why didn't you remind the prime minister earlier?"

"That madman without mercy, I saw it more than ten years ago, and he didn't say anything, why should I bother with this drudgery."

"More than a decade ago? When he was still working as a manu? ”

"Well, at that time, Zhao Mengli sent someone to feed the prince's horse poisonous mushrooms, and the horse was so upset that he couldn't wait to fly into the sky. Fortunately, Wuxian pulled the reins at that time, otherwise even if the son didn't fall to his death, he would have to lose half of his life. ”

"And this kind of thing......"

"But the madman is a blessing in disguise. The prince has been taking him with him since he was frightened, but he didn't expect that he was also the son of the prime minister. ”

"Cheng Yin, what kind of person was Wuxian when he was a child?" I wondered.

"He's noisy, noisy, fighting, smart, and has a lot of ideas. He was in trouble, and Dong Shu and I carried the black pot for him. ”

"Dong Shu?"

"Dr. Dong's youngest son, the three of us were the best back then. Later, after Dr. Dong's accident, he disappeared, and we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, so I don't know if we are dead or alive now. ”

"Doctor Dong is also a person who is kind to the Zhao family, I heard that the prime minister made an exception to put his spiritual position into the Zhao family's temple, and accepted the sacrifices and offerings of the Zhao family for generations."

"If it hadn't been for Dr. Dong reminding Prime Minister Qing to take precautions as soon as possible, the Zhao family would probably have been killed by the Fan family and the Zhongxing family. Hey, let's not talk about it. Yin Duo looked sad when he talked about Dong Anyu, "It's not too early, I'll send you back to your room to rest." ”

"It's okay, I'll just go back by myself." I waved my hand and stood up, "I have already arranged the sacrifice to pray for the blessing of Jinyang City, and it will only be carried out after three days when they come back from the mountain." ”

"Very good, then there is a witch." Yin Duo stood up and saluted.

At this moment, there was a sudden muffled sound outside the door, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

"Don't move, I'll take a look." Yin Duo's expression froze, and he pulled out the saber on his waist and sneaked to the door.

My heart tightened, I pulled out the dagger from my shoes and boots, and quickly followed.

"Not good! Someone robbed the grain! Yin Duo leaned on the crack of the door and glanced out, shocked.

"Let's see how many people there are first......" Before I finished speaking, Yin Duo had already pushed the door and rushed out.

Outside the door, the bright moon in the sky was obscured by layers of dark clouds, and it was pitch black as far as the eye could see. Only a nearly extinguished torch was thrown on the ground outside the granary, and where the fire hit, the four soldiers who had been guarding the barn door had collapsed to the ground.

"Someone—someone is stealing food—" Yin Duo shouted, and a lunge rushed over to pick up the torches on the ground.

"Cheng Yin be careful!" Through the faint light of the torches, I saw two dark shadows rushing towards Yin Duo.

Yin Duo bent down to dodge, two sword lights flashed, and the torch in his hand was instantly cut into two pieces, and the end of the fire rolled twice on the mud floor, and it was extinguished.

Darkness enveloped everything, and I gripped my dagger and moved two steps out. With a choking sound, the two swords intersected and burst into flames. In the dark, Yin Duo had already been entangled with the two figures. The sound of swords clashing made my scalp tingle.

"Ah Shi, go and call someone!" Yin Duo turned his head and shouted at me while facing the enemy. I came back to my senses and hurriedly pulled out my legs and rushed out of the courtyard gate.

At this moment, two more men jumped in from outside the courtyard wall and stopped me with their swords raised.

I stopped, held my breath, and took two steps back. What to do? Besieged!

Two black shadows drew their swords and charged at me, and I leaped onto a boulder beside me. The two of them tried to jump up in the dark, but I turned over and slashed one of them in the back. Warm blood spurted onto my face, and the wounded man let out a scream and slammed his sword back, still awe-inspiring. Two against one, long sword against short dagger, I will never win a head-on fight. I dodged and looked for a chance to escape, but after several attempts, I couldn't get out, and instead I was forced back into the courtyard by the two of them.

At this moment, the moon broke free from the clouds and rose into the middle sky, the bright moonlight dispelled the darkness, and I couldn't help but gasp for air when everything gradually became clear in front of me. Yin Duo and I were surrounded by six black-clothed and masked assassins, and in addition to the two who had been stabbed by us, the other four were approaching us with swords in hand.

"Who are you waiting for? Yin Qi should be punished for plotting to assassinate the city, so don't retreat quickly! Yin Duo held his sword and shouted.

One of the masked men sneered and rushed forward with his sword. Yin Duo flew to meet the battle, and seeing that the swords of the two of them were about to intersect, the man suddenly stopped and lay straight to the ground.

What's going on?!

I looked over and found that the masked man's forehead was embedded with a cloth coin of the Jin Kingdom, and the feet of the cloth coin had been buried deep in his forehead.

This man is dead!

The remaining five were all stunned, and they all took a step back. Suddenly, a deafening roar sounded in my ears, and a figure flew down from the courtyard wall, and before I could see the movement of the comer, the five people in front of me had turned into five corpses.

If it weren't for the dagger in his hand dripping blood, I couldn't believe that such a thin old man could kill six extraordinary assassins in one go.

"Uncle...... Thank you, thank you for saving your life. I took a deep breath and tried to ease my tense nerves.

The old man looked at me blankly, then jumped onto the wall without saying a word and disappeared into the night.

Yin Duo and I looked at each other and couldn't say a word for a long time. Everything just now was too weird, the sudden assassin, the elusive old man, everything happened too quickly, and ended too quickly, and all we had left was six unidentified corpses.

"Quick, see if the granary has been stolen?" I reacted first and opened the door to the granary.

Yin Duo rushed over to take a look and breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the food is still there." Ah Shi, you wait here, I'll call someone! ”

"You're hurt!" I stared at Yin Duo's arm and exclaimed.

"I'm okay." Yin Duo took out a handkerchief and handed it to me, "Wipe it, your face is full of blood." ”

I took the veil in a sneering manner, and he turned and strode out.

After Yin Duo left, calm returned to the courtyard. I reached out and touched my face, the blood still warm from the splatters on my cheeks.

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