In a courtyard not far from the inn where Yan Suwen and Gu Changfeng stayed, Ying Hanshi, who was dressed in Northern Liao costumes, was lying on a chair with his eyes closed. In his hand, he also held a folding fan, on which was painted a city, whether it was seen from a distance or up close, it was exactly the same as Yecheng, the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty.

"How's it going?"

"It has been done according to the Lord's command."

"These two princes are not stupid, they are still obedient when it is critical." Ying Hanshi opened his eyes and instructed his subordinates standing aside: "Since the two princes have done it, then give them what we promised." ”

"Lord, do you really give this thing?"

"Am I like that kind of stingy person? If you say to give, you really give. Ying Han's corpse opened the folding fan and closed it again: "Everyone in the world knows that the throne of Northern Liao is either in the hands of the second prince or the third prince. Although the second prince is warlike, he is not in good health, and he is a sick son in the sky, but his mother is good at management, so he has disguised him for so many years. The three princes, on the surface, advocate peace, but in fact because they have neither money nor military power in their hands. If he doesn't advocate He Ping, what else can he claim? We will give the cure to the warlike second prince, and when he recovers from his illness, he will become more and more arrogant. We will give the silver money and weapons to the third prince, and this cat that has been disguised for many years will also be eager to show its claws. ”

"The master's wisdom is unparalleled, and his subordinates admire him."

"Don't be a sycophant, send someone to keep an eye on Gu Changfeng, this time I go back to Yecheng, I want to know his every move."

"Yes!" The subordinate who was also dressed in Northern Liao costumes bowed his head: "Lord, I heard that the emperor has appointed Gu Yunfei next to Gu Changfeng as the general of the town, responsible for guarding the Northern Liao, should we-"

"It's been too long, isn't it?" Ying Hanshi glared at his subordinates: "The reason why I dare to send medicine to the second prince of Northern Liao, and dare to use silver and weapons to raise the third prince, is because I know that it will be Gu Yunfei who will be in charge of Northern Liao in the future." I don't look down on the current emperor, and I think the current Great Wei is disgusting, but I don't want to spoil my own peaceful life. How long have you been with me? ”

"It's been eight years."

"It's been eight years, and I'm an old man." Ying Hanshi got up and stared at his subordinates' eyes: "Your family is still in Yecheng, right?" ”

"Back to the Lord, the family members of the subordinates are all in the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Yecheng. The Zhuangzi was given by the Lord to his subordinates to settle their families. ”

"How are you doing now?"

"Well, it's much better than it used to be."

"What if there is a war?" Ying Hanshi asked, his eyes darkened.

"The subordinate is wrong." The subordinate knelt on the ground.

"It's good to know it's wrong. As a subordinate, it is right to do things for the master, but there are some things that are not sympathetic to the master's intentions, and it is possible to put your own family into it. I do want to do something, but that's my personal grudge, and I'm not cold enough to let the entire people of Great Wei support my plan. I'm alone, and I'm not a good person, but they are all old and young, with children and daughters, and I like to watch others live happily ever after. ”

"Lord, if this is the case, the subordinates will not mention it again in the future."

"I can trust you. Go ahead, do your best, and when you return to Yecheng, I will give you a few days off, and you will also go back to accompany your parents. Ying Hanshi waved his hand, lay down again, and closed his eyes again.

Under Yan Suwen's repeated urging, Gu Changfeng finally got up and took a bath. Yan Suwen moved his body lightly and took the medical case that was resting on the bedside. After only turning a few pages, I heard a "knock" of footsteps outside, and as soon as I raised my head, I saw Errong pushing the door in, and holding a letter in his hand.

"Miss, someone sent a letter over, saying that it was related to the eldest master."

The eldest master in Errong's mouth refers to his eldest uncle Yan Baishu. His uncle disappeared two years ago, and he has not been seen alive or dead. I've heard a lot of rumors, but as long as I don't see my uncle's body for a day, Yan Suwen believes that he is still alive in this world.

The letter was not written by the great uncle.

In the letter, there is no real content, there is only a description, it looks like a place on the border of Northern Liao.

Yan Su asked, holding the letter, thinking about who was the person who wrote it? Who knows that they live in a remote inn in Beiliao. This feeling of being watched has always been there, in the past, it was in Yanjiazhuang, then in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and now it is in the inn of Northern Liao.

Yan Suwen didn't like the feeling of being stared at tightly by a pair of eyes, but she couldn't find out these eyes hidden in the dark, this feeling of weakness made her feel depressed, and even felt a little suffocated.

After Gu Changfeng finished bathing, he returned with a body of moisture, and saw Yan Su sitting on the bed silently, and asked with a worried face: "What's wrong with Madam?" "Keyuan

"When I returned to my grandfather, someone sent a letter, saying that it was for Miss. The messenger said that the letter was related to the eldest master. After the young lady read the letter, she became like this. The slave and maid did not know what the letter said. ”

"I see, you go down."

"Yes!" Er Rong glanced at Yan Suwen worriedly, and when he raised his feet to leave, he said again: "The man who sent the letter is a man who is dressed like a person from Northern Liao, who is about the same height as Dr. Shen, but fatter than Dr. Shen. The slave maid felt that he was from the Great Wei, but he had just changed into the clothes of the Northern Liao. He does not have the smell of cattle and sheep unique to the Northern Liao people. ”

"Remember what he looked like?" Gu Changfeng asked.

Errong nodded.

"Go find Jiang Li and describe that person's appearance to her, and Jiang Li will find a way to find that person."

"The slave and maid know, and the slave and maid will go to find Miss Jiang."

"Don't let Jiang Li go." Yan Su asked Errong: "The person behind this curtain dares to let people deliver the letter to me, and they must be sure that we can't ask anything important from this messenger." Husband, help me to see which place is described in this letter? ”

Gu Changfeng took the letter, read it carefully, and replied to her: "It should be Kucheng, which is the place where the Zhenbei General's Mansion is located, and it is also the first place we will go to when we leave Beiliao." The messenger really deliberately delivered the letter to his wife. ”

"Are these eyes from the emperor?"

Yan Su asked about the pair of eyes that had been staring at them behind the scenes.

"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't." When Gu Changfeng returned the letter to Yan Suwen, he also dragged her into his arms: "Bear with it a little longer, when I return to Yecheng, I will let these eyes disappear." ”

Yan Suwen sighed lightly, crumpled the letter in his hand, and threw it to the ground.

It only takes one day to reach Kucheng from the capital of Northern Liao, because of Yan Suwen's body, the journey has slowed down a lot, and when the carriage and horse arrive at Kucheng, it is already late at night.

The news was sent in advance, and there were also waiting lieutenants at the city gate, and after checking Gu Yunfei's identity, they were welcomed in.

"What's your name?" Gu Yunfei asked the deputy general who came to greet him while riding a horse.

"Back to the general's words, the last general, Ma Liu, is the general's adjutant general."

"Ma Liu, Daimyo?"

"It's a daimyo. The last general's father and mother raised six children together, and the last general ranked sixth, so he gave a more casual name called Ma Liu. ”

"Ma Liu, General Ben asked you, has anything strange happened in this reservoir city recently?"

"Something weird?" Ma Liu thought for a moment: "A corpse was found, and it was a corpse that had been dried. ”

"Dried corpses?" Gu Yunfei turned his head and glanced into the carriage following behind him. He knew that Yan Suwen was listening to his conversation with Ma Liu in the carriage at this moment. "This corpse has been seen a lot by General Ben, but this is the first time I have heard of this dried corpse, you can tell me in detail, what is going on?"

"Back to the general, this matter is quite scary. Just the other day, a few children were playful, playing peek-a-boo in a half-abandoned house. One of the children somehow fell into a hole. The hole was not big, as if it had been dug out deliberately. There was a man sitting cross-legged in the hole, and when he got closer, he realized that it was a corpse, and it was a dried corpse. This dried corpse seemed to be left with only bones, but strangely, the bones were still wrapped in a layer of human skin, fresh human skin. ”

"Fresh human skin? How fresh is it? ”

"How fresh is it?" Ma Liu scratched his scalp: "When the last general rushed over, he found that the blood stains on the person's skin had not completely dried up, and even the skin was still a little elastic. The fresh human skin was much larger than the dried corpse, but it was pasted on the dried corpse little by little, and it looked even more terrifying than the dried corpse. The child who fell into the hole was immediately frightened and stupid, and it had been several days, not eating, drinking, or speaking. Oh, by the way, the child's father and mother will come to our general's mansion from time to time to cry out for grievances, not to mention that we will find out the matter of the dried corpse, and find a doctor to treat his child by the way. ”

"Then find out about the dried corpse, and find a doctor for the child by the way."

"It's easy for the general to say, we can't even figure out where the dried corpse came from, how can we find out the dried corpse. We are soldiers, and it's okay to rush into battle and kill, but we're not good at investigating cases. They also contacted the nearby state capitals, but they didn't send anyone at all. The last general estimated that they were looking at us without a leader and bullying us. It's good that the general is here, as long as the general says a word, let's tie up their people and tie them up. It's not that we don't care about that kid's business. Whoever has no children in the family also has a child of about the same age in the general's family. But this doctor has found several stubbles, and he can't be cured. ”

"Where is that dried corpse now?" Yan Suwen opened the curtain and asked.