It was almost dawn, and it was still dark.

Bai Ling heard a slight noise from Li Yiru's side in the haze of half-dreaming and half-awake.

She didn't make a sound, just frowned and opened her eyes, and saw Li Yi get up in his middle coat, sat down lightly at the table, and carefully lit the candle on the candlestick on the corner of the table with a fire fold.

A corner of the room lit up.

Bai Ling didn't make a sound, just turned sideways slightly and looked at Li Yiru's back.

The boy added water to the inkstone on the table, and slowly grinded it with an ink stick. After a while, he put down the ink stick, took the pen and dipped it in ink, and began to write.

The light outside the window gradually brightened, and Bai Ling's previous sleepiness gradually dissipated, and she heard Li Yiru sniff from time to time, and raised his left hand several times to wipe his face, guessing that he was probably still sad about Mu Cheng's affairs.

Bai Ling thought for a while, sighed lightly, Li Yiru turned around when he heard the sound, and saw Bai Ling sitting up on the floor.

"Second brother woke up?" Li Yiru's eyes were red, "...... I'm arguing with you? ”

"No, I didn't sleep well in the first place." Bai Ling said softly, "What are you writing when you get up so early?" ”

“…… It's nothing, it's just to remember the events of this half month," Li Yiru turned his head and looked down at the rice paper that was already covered with small letters in front of him, "I'm afraid that in two days, some things will not be remembered clearly." ”

"If you can't remember, it doesn't matter." Bai Ling said softly.

Li Yiru put down the pen and turned back again, "Last night's incident, do you believe it?" ”

"Are you talking about Big Brother Mu?"

"Hmm."

Bai Ling sighed lightly and lay down again, she thought for a while, "With the skills of Brother Mu, it is not very difficult to slaughter the former prefect's family during the Shangyuan Festival, but ......"

"But what?"

"The first time I met Brother Mu was outside that hacker stack." Bai Ling said softly, "At that time, the dart master with a scar on his face blocked my way, and Brother Mu thought that person was blocking the road and robbing, so he stepped forward and directly buckled the arm of the dart master. ”

"That's what happened!" Li Yiru was stunned for a moment.

Bai Ling looked at the gloomy ceiling in the room, "Actually, along the way, I have always felt that Brother Mu is quite contradictory. ”

"Contradictory ......?"

Bai Ling looked over, "I thought he had a lot of resentment against the 'above' several times before, do you remember?" I also made fun of this with Brother Mu, which made him a little unhappy at the time. ”

Li Yiru narrowed his eyes slightly, recalling with some difficulty, but he couldn't remember this incident.

“…… It doesn't matter, it's just a little bit of a feeling. Bai Ling said in a low voice, "Later, when Lao Xu ordered a fire to blow up the warehouse in the mines in Huizhou, Brother Mu insisted on reporting to the official...... It was probably at that time that I really believed that he was a catcher. ”

The more Li Yiru listened, the more unbearable he felt, "...... I don't believe that Brother Mu will be some kind of villain, there must be a misunderstanding here. ”

The young man stood up, walked to Bai Ling's side in a few steps and sat down, "Is there any way for the second brother to return the innocence of the eldest brother?" ”

Bai Ling raised his arm and casually placed it on his forehead.

"I also think there is a secret behind this matter, but ......" she looked at Li Yiru, "No matter what the solution is, in the end, Brother Mu needs to stand up and confront him."

"The water of Prince Qinyuan's remnants is very deep, I'm afraid that even if he is innocent, he won't be able to tell if he comes out and rolls around." Bai Ling said softly, "Big brother has always been cautious in doing things, since he has chosen this path, he must have his own reasons. ”

Bai Ling sighed lightly and said with a smile, "Maybe he doesn't care if his net worth is innocent or not, as long as he can reunite with his wife and daughter." ”

Li Yiru frowned, "Will it?" ”

"Yes," Bai Ling said in a low voice, "Take advantage of the turmoil in the north and the scattered household registration, find an isolated mountain forest to settle down, just like the old woman we met by the Jian'an River, usually live in the mountains and come out to do activities in peacetime...... Isn't it nice too?

"Change your name, and your life can start from the beginning," Bai Ling folded his hands and pressed them behind his head, "I hope that Brother Mu can go to Zhuozhou safely, and don't expose it all the way." ”

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Bai Ling and Li Yiru packed their luggage and left Tunlongpi with Wang Meng, the lieutenant general of Chang Sheng. Wang Meng was ordered by the army to take 8,000 elites to Yanzhou, which is the one adjacent to Zhuozhou among the four northern states.

Because the anti-bandit operation in the pass has not yet ended, Chang Sheng still has to sit in Tunlongpi, so he will not go with Wang Meng and others.

For some reason, Chang Sheng seems to have a full grasp of this year's war, for example, he judged before January that in the early winter of this year, the real battlefield between Zhou and Jin should be in the Zhuo and Yan areas.

That's why he left Jingzhou directly, first led troops to guard the rear of Zhuozhou, and sent Chang Jiajun to clean up a group of bandits in the pass first.

Bai Ling was originally surprised by Chang Sheng's appearance in Tunlongpi, but after listening to Wang Meng explain the reason, she felt even more worried.

Although she had never fought with the gold thief, she had heard that the Jingzhou where Chang Sheng was stationed was facing the base camp of the Arslan tribe.

On the occasion of this autumn and winter, Chang Sheng, as a guard, left Jingzhou...... Is that too risky?

However, almost before a few people left, Jingzhou came with the first battle report of the Autumn Queen, which was also the first victory.

It turned out to be several left-behind troops in the Arslan base camp in the north of Jingzhou, and when they learned that Chang Sheng had gone south to Zhuozhou, they thought that they had a cheap price to pick up, so they took advantage of the night to sneak attack and try it.

The Zhou people feinted defeat day after day, and the gold thief really thought that Jingzhou City was weak in air defense. At this time, the spies reported that new grain had recently been transported into the camp of the garrison outside Jingzhou City, and that it would be sent to Jingzhou City in the near future to relieve the winter food difficulties of the people in the city.

The golden thief was overjoyed and decided to take advantage of the victory to pursue and find the right time to come out of the nest - as a result, he was surrounded and suppressed by the Changjia army that had been lurking for many days, annihilating more than 3,000 enemies, and capturing horses and swords.

So Bai Ling was impressed.

Chang Sheng did not make any waves after listening to the report, but his face was serious, and he ordered the defenders of Jingzhou not to take it lightly and continue to defend the city.

That afternoon, Chang Sheng sent Wang Meng and Bai Ling all the way on the road, and it was not until the city gate that Bai Ling realized that he was accompanied by the seven deer hunters in gray and white cloaks.

The seven of them stopped at the gate of the city on horseback, and when they saw Li Yiru, they trotted over with a kick on the horse's belly, and at this time they did not shy away from being seen by the officials.

The red-haired man who had started a chase with Bai Ling on the roof the night before stopped at Li Yiru's side.

All the deer hunters were tightly wrapped in cloaks, and Bai Ling glanced sideways a few times, but he couldn't see the hair color under the cloaks of several people.

In the daylight, although their pupils looked lighter than those of the Zhou people, they were still similar to the brown color of most Zhou people, and although they had red hair, their eyebrows were black.

"Just send it here," Wang Meng bowed to Chang Sheng, "The rest of the things will be handed over to his subordinates." ”