In the afternoon wind and snow, Bai Ling left Wang Meng's camp and slowly walked towards the county office.

Along the way, she saw the officials knocking on the door from house to house, and on several occasions Bai Ling stopped to listen for a moment, piecing together what they were doing from the fragmented words—the officials were telling the people in turn to pack their belongings and leave tomorrow morning at the latest.

Bai Ling couldn't bear to look at it.

This was the case even in Heikyo, where every summer and winter, a group of elderly people who could not survive would die in the scorching heat or cold.

Not to mention looking at both ends - how many people will lie directly in the wind and snow in the coming long journey.

The conversation between Fang and Wang Meng has been echoing in Bai Ling's mind all the way-

"Then Vice Admiral Wang, tell me directly, what is the sin of keeping private letters? Just because when everyone stepped on 10,000 feet, someone didn't follow and step on it, it means that this person also has the intention of rebellion? ”

"Songqing, calm down."

"I don't understand! At the beginning, the villagers of Stone Monkey Town were in distress, and Lord Wang was willing to let Xue Ziping and me take the risk to rescue them for the safety of the hundreds of people in Dazhou. ”

"If you want to save people, you also have to bring brains." Wang Meng looked at Bai Ling with deep eyes, "Since Songqing is from Pingjing, he shouldn't be ignorant of the two most taboo things in the imperial court today." ”

“…… What are the two things? ”

"Qinyuan Yu and the Song family are against the party. These two things, if they are stained, they will not be able to get rid of them. Thanks to the former emperor and the current saint Ming, at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he burned all the relevant notes and secret letters in the inner palace in public, and even issued an order to let all officials and squires also clean the courtyard and burn all the old things, except for a few rebels who had direct contact with the two parties, everything was not to blame. This is already the biggest concession made by the emperor in order to quell the mutual attacks between his subjects. ”

“……”

"Shao Kuan is no longer sensible, and he should not leave the letter to this day, and to read the grace of the Song Party is not to miss the emperor's grace when the saint opened the Internet." Wang Meng said in a low voice, "If this matter is really stabbed, except for the emperor, no one will be able to save his family's lives now." ”

"Vice General Wang......"

"I understand your current mood, I have already talked to Shao Kuan early in the morning, anyway, Cao Xun designed to frame him in the front, he might as well just insist, these letters are also forged by Cao Xun, and he will also make a statement in front of the emperor when he arrives, and draw a clear line with the father and son of the Song family."

Bai Ling was stunned for a moment, "This is also a way, what does Master Shao say?" ”

Wang Meng shook his head.

"What do you mean by shaking your head?" Bai Ling asked, "Master Shao thinks this method is not feasible?" ”

Wang Meng's expression was complicated, and he pondered for a moment, "He said that he knew that Song Bozong's father and son were extremely evil and deserved it, but if he completely ignored the status of master and apprentice, he went to the palace to reprimand his teacher, he couldn't do it." ”

……

The county government is now the boundary of Cao Xun.

Bai Ling greeted him as he walked through the courtyard, and even smiled and exchanged a few words.

Laughing and talking, she felt like she was being split in two.

A "me" is exposed in front of people, no matter if he meets people and ghosts, he can talk and laugh;

A "me" is hidden behind people, and whenever there is such a moment of weakness and wronging, it is like being tortured as if I am cutting flesh with a blunt knife.

Cao Xun knew that she had gone to the barracks early in the morning, and deliberately inquired from her, Bai Ling picked up many unimportant details, and spoke them vividly, making Cao Xun laugh from time to time.

Before parting, Bai Ling seemed to suddenly remember something, "When I came back, I saw many officials knocking on the door from door to door, I wonder if Governor Cao knows why?" ”

Cao Xun slightly frowned, "They didn't even tell you this?" ”

“…… I didn't pay attention to it when I first visited, and I didn't ask about it. Bai Ling smiled, "Maybe it's not intentionally hidden." ”

"Tomorrow Shao Kuan will take the people out of the city," Cao Xun said with a smile, "This bull's temper is really ...... In order to be angry with the official, he didn't even care about this face. ”

"Out of town?" Bai Ling frowned, pretending to be puzzled, "Where to go?" ”

"Yanzhou," Cao Xun replied, "I can't stop it for nine cold days, and this official has already reported to General Chang in Jingzhong and Zhuozhou." ”

"Can't stop it?" Bai Ling looked at Cao Xun with a simple expression, "How could Governor Cao not be able to stop it?" ”

Cao Xun lowered his eyes and laughed, "After all, he is the parent official here, and we still have to respect the opinions of the local authorities." ”

After separating from Cao Xun, Bai Ling stood in place and watched the back of the prefect go away.

The smile on her face froze and then vanished.

Slowly wading back to his house in the snow, Bai Ling once again understood the priority of this matter.

After returning to the house and telling these things one by one, Li Yiru gradually understood.

"It seems that Cao Xun is threatening Shao Kuan's old letters, he wants to completely cut off Shao Kuan's career, and even ask for Shao Kuan's life............ It's too miserable. ”

"Miserable." Bai Ling's whole face froze, without a single expression.

Li Yiru was stunned for a moment, "Isn't it miserable?" ”

"He was afraid of affecting his family, so he was willing to be at the mercy of Cao Xun and led a group of people to move north." Bai Ling said lightly, "Don't say that the Jin soldiers will start looting halfway, there are less than 100 people in total, and there are many women and children among the people...... If you really look away from the two ends, this group of people can reach Yanzhou safely...... Can there be half of it? ”

"But before the war, even if Lord Shao was dismissed or even killed because of this, it was just his sin of not doing things well, ruining his future and losing his life, and his family was always saved."

Li Yiru frowned suddenly.

This is something he has not yet thought about.

Maybe it's because Shao Kuan, who was in a dilemma in this room last night, is a living person, and the people have always been an abstract concept, and now Bai Ling suddenly put forward the possibility of "losing more than half", in the face of cold death, these so-called households and people, as if suddenly changed from numbers back to the same fresh people.

This imagination made Li Yiru suddenly feel a shudder.

"I can't reprimand my teacher in front of the emperor; risked the lives of the whole family and Cao Xun to fight a fish and break the net, and it was impossible to do it; It can be done at the expense of the people under his rule. Bai Ling laughed, "I am reluctant to dirty my hands, and I am unwilling to cause my family to die...... This Lord Shao is really upright. ”

"Second brother, why don't you go talk to Vice General Wang again?" Li Yiru spoke, "He shouldn't see death without help, or send more troops to escort the people to the north?" ”

"Wang Meng's 8,000 army is now the main force defending the city." Bai Ling whispered, "No one can move him." ”

"That'...... What can we do now? Li Yiru's expression became solemn, "We should be able to do something, right?" ”

Bai Ling was silent for a long time and looked at the young man, "...... Go back to Zhuozhou with Gule, and you will leave tonight. ”

"What?"

"I've been counting the days, Jingli's reply to the Jin people, what's going on in the past two days." Bai Ling whispered, "...... In less than three days, the two ends will be broken. ”