Bai Ling quietly looked at the two people in front of her, neither of them wore battle armor, one was older and the other was young, she couldn't judge her identity for a while.

She had thought that she might meet Chang Sheng in the North, but she hadn't expected it to be like this.

Bai Ling lowered his eyes, looked at the open space between the two opposite, and asked in a low voice, "Yes...... General Chang? ”

After a brief silence, the man standing in front of Bai Ling's left whispered, "It's me." ”

Bai Ling raised his eyes again.

The person in front of him was sturdy, and when he glanced at it hastily, he only felt that both of them had a military temperament, but at this moment, Bai Lingcai noticed more details.

For example, the furrows and scars on Chang Sheng's face, such as his gray hair, all make his face show a kind of vicissitudes and aging that do not match his limbs.

He had heavy bags under his eyes, blue undereyes, and bloodshot eyeballs, which showed that he probably had serious sleep problems...... But those eyes were very similar to Shen Jichuan, with the sharpness and burning of a tiger wolf.

The haggard look on their faces did not make them look weak, but rather gave them the kindness of an elderly person out of thin air—an illusion for a general who gambled the lives of tens of thousands of people at the stroke of an order.

"I've heard Niangniang and General Shen mention you before." Bai Ling looked at Chang Sheng and said in a low voice.

Chang Sheng looked sideways at the adjutant beside him, "You go out first, I'll talk to her alone." ”

"Well, there's one more thing ......" The adjutant nodded, and whispered a few more words near Chang Sheng.

Chang Sheng laughed, groaned slightly, and said in a low voice, "It's not impossible, but I have the conditions, and I want Gule to come and talk to me in person." ”

"Understood, then the lower official will go and reply." The adjutant quickly withdrew, and only Bai Ling and Chang Sheng were left in the whole room.

Bai Ling pondered the word "Gule" - it didn't sound very much like the name of the Zhou people.

Chang Sheng walked to the table, pulled out a chair and sat down, and then raised his hand to signal Bai Ling to sit too.

Bai Ling nodded, and in the afterglow, he saw that the skin near the tiger's mouth on his right hand seemed to have been polished, showing a sandy white color that was completely different from the back of his hand—the result of holding a sword for many years.

"Wanqi," Chang Sheng picked up Bai Ling's guide on the table, "that's not your real name, is it?" ”

Bai Ling nodded.

"Your name is Songqing?" Chang Sheng looked at Bai Ling, "What's your surname?" ”

Bai Ling was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this name might have been spoofed by the other party from Li Yiru's mouth.

"Purse...... Can you give it back to me? Bai Ling asked softly.

Chang Sheng placed the purse on the table and put it on the side near Bai Ling.

Bai Ling stretched out her hand and held the green purse in her palm again, she hesitated whether to confess her identity to Chang Sheng, there were countless voices in her head telling her to be vigilant, but under the candlelight, the dark green satin of the purse was filled with a faint shimmer, and she suddenly felt that in the dark, it seemed that she was protected by the concubine again.

Bai Ling said softly, "...... Songqing is not my real name either. This purse was the last thing my mother gave me before she died. ”

Under the dim light, Bai Ling heard Chang Sheng take a breath, "Before Niangniang died, you were by her side?" ”

Bai Ling nodded, and shook his head again.

Chang Sheng looked at him with burning eyes, "Who the hell are you?" ”

"My name is Bai Ling." Bai Ling caught Chang Sheng's gaze, "I don't know if the general has heard this name before?" ”

……

In the second half of the night, Bai Ling followed Chang Sheng's adjutant to a firewood room in the East Ancestral Hall, Li Yiru was being tied up and thrown in it, and when he saw Bai Ling, he immediately screamed.

Boling stepped forward and removed his gackcloth.

"You were caught by them too?" Li Yiru's expression was annoyed, "This group of soldiers! I don't make any sense at all, I'm going to talk to them—"

"I'll let you out." Bai Ling touched Li Yiru's head, "Turn your body around, and I'll untie you." ”

Li Yiru was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the officer and soldier who brought Bai Ling over did not follow him into the firewood room, but had been standing at the door and waiting.

Bai Ling drew his knife and cut the thick rope that bound Li Yiru's hands and feet, and then helped him to stand up.

"What the hell is going on?" Li Yiru looked at Bai Ling in disbelief, "What are you...... What about Brother Mu? ”

"Let's go back and talk about it." Bai Ling replied softly.

……

Chang Sheng arranged Bai Ling and Li Yiru in a guest room in the East Ancestral Hall. The guards took them to the courtyard and left.

As soon as the two pushed the door, Li Yiru coughed - the room was full of dust, and no one had come in for a long time.

There was clean-looking bedding in the cupboard, but it also smelled inexplicably musty.

However, this is not a place to entertain individual customers, and it is not easy to clean up a room temporarily, so it is not good to force too much.

Bai Ling made a bunk on the floor and gave the bed to Li Yiru, and the young man came over to help Bai Ling fetch water and mop the floor together.

"Don't you leave a bunk for Brother Mu?" Li Yiru asked again.

"Brother Mu is gone." Bai Ling said softly, "It's the team of people you saw carrying grain tonight...... Brother Mu was mixed in and had already left the city, and several deer hunters worked together to encircle and suppress him, but he still got rid of him. ”

Li Yiru was stunned.

He ...... How can he ...... alone?"

"It's a good thing to run away." Bai Ling said in a low voice, "I heard that the Yuezhou Mansion wanted a national reward since the beginning of this year to search for his whereabouts." If it weren't for the fact that the deer hunter recognized his knife when he met An Jiang, I'm afraid no one would have thought that he would go all the way north. ”

The boy was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.

Bai Ling continued, "In two days, the official will send us to Zhuozhou. How did we get here all the way, we still had to go to the Yamen of Zhuozhou Mansion to record a confession. ”

“…… No way. Li Yiru frowned, "I don't believe in Brother Mu, he-"

"I was surprised, too." Bai Ling said softly.

The two were silent for a moment.

Li Yiru grabbed his face irritably, "I remember he said before that his wife and daughter were in Zhuozhou, that's why he wanted-"

"If he can think of a way to steal the horses of the two grain teams and move forward alternately, then it is estimated that he will be able to reach the city of Zhuozhou in five or six days," Bai Ling said softly, "By the time we arrive in Zhuozhou, he should have been reunited with his wife and daughter." ”

Li Yiru looked at Bai Ling, "What did he do?" ”

“…… said that there was a suspicion of going against the party," Bai Ling's movements in his hand stopped, "I also heard from General Chang, saying that someone found out that he was doing things for the remnants of Prince Qinyuan of the previous dynasty." At the beginning of this year, taking advantage of the distraction of the people on the Shangyuan Festival, he sneaked into a private mansion and slaughtered the family of the former Yuezhou prefect who was dismissed at home and waiting for investigation, and none of the more than a dozen people were spared. ”

Li Yiru's eyes and mouth opened wide at the same time.

He couldn't say anything for a while, and Mu Cheng's face came to his mind - no matter what, he couldn't connect this face with a murderous wanted criminal.