The city of Ningxia is in ruins, the prosperity of the past has been looted by the war, and the shops on both sides of the street are closed. Everywhere there were soldiers scurrying around, extorting the people of the city, and the sound of cries and beatings could be heard everywhere.

Du Wenlin led the horse and walked on the street, feeling emotional: Xing, the people are suffering. Death, the people suffer.

"Hey. What do you do? A voice asked.

A young lieutenant pointed at Du Wenlin, who was followed by five or six soldiers, who were supposed to be patrolling squads.

"Hello officials! I'm here to buy the goods. Du Wenlin replied.

"In a hurry, what are you buying? I think you look like a spy? ”

"This soldier, I don't know what kind of spy you are talking about?"

"It's the enemy's spies. You're pretending you don't understand, are you? Search for him, brethren. The lieutenant said to his subordinates.

The two soldiers couldn't help but say, and carefully searched Du Wenlin's body and salute.

In addition to more than 100 taels of silver, he also searched for the jade plate given by the girl on the road.

The soldier handed the jade plaque to the lieutenant.

The captain looked at the jade plate carefully, and there was a puzzled look on his face:

"Where did you get this jade plaque?"

Du Wenlin remembered the girl's words, thinking that this girl's origin must be unusual, his face was straight, and he said coldly:

"Where did you say the sign came from? With you, a little lieutenant, you also have the right to ask? ”

The captain's arrogant look immediately disappeared, and his face was full of flattery:

"I'm sorry, we're just routine! Is there anything you need help with? ”

"I'm going to the Governor's Mansion on business. Please lead me over, so that I will not encounter similar troubles on the road. ”

Before coming, Mei Guozhen made many plans with himself for how to get close to Liu Dongyang smoothly, but he always felt that there were dangers and loopholes, and finally decided to go to the local area to see the opportunity to act.

Isn't there a better time to do it?

After Liu Dongyang rebelled with Bibai, he proclaimed himself the "Governor of Shaanxi", and Bibai proclaimed himself the "Chief Military Officer of the Tripartite".

They didn't have the illusion of entering the Guannai and unifying the Central Plains, because they still understood their own strength.

If the Ming army on the three sides can be driven back and the situation stabilized, Liu Dongyang will be the king of Ningxia grass head and the emperor of the three sides, he will be satisfied.

It's a pity that such a fantasy is impossible to realize in front of the powerful Daming.

Under the leadership of a few soldiers, it didn't take long to come to the gate of the "Shaanxi Governor's Mansion" near the east of the city.

Du Wenlin looked at the five glittering golden characters of "Shaanxi Governor's Mansion" on the door, and laughed in his heart: This Liu Dongyang's ambition is too small, and he rebels with his head, but the ultimate goal is only to be a "Shaanxi Governor".

"The Governor's Mansion has arrived." The lieutenant pointed to the five big words.

"Okay, thank you! I'll go over by myself, and you can go. With that, Du Wenlin walked towards the door.

The guards in front of the door blocked the way, and Du Wenlin handed over the jade plaque.

The guards couldn't understand it, so they went inside the door and found a boss and asked him to identify the origin of the jade plaque.

Put the general in person to the door:

"This son, what is your business?"

"I have something important to see the Governor." Du Wenlin said.

"Okay, wait a minute."

After a while, the general manager came out and took Liu Wenlin into the mansion.

The scale of the house is not small, rockery and flowing water, flowers and trees, at first glance it was originally a rich man's house, and then it was forcibly occupied by the rebels as the governor's mansion.

Liu Dongyang is in his forties, medium height, red-faced, and a standard soldier.

At this time, he was playing with the jade card in his hand, and saw Du Wenlin come in:

"What is your relationship with Miss Tana?"

Du Wenlin was stunned, he had never heard the name Tana, let alone who she was.

After a while, it became clear who this "Tana" was. He must have asked the owner of this jade plaque, that is, the girl he saved on the way.

"I'm friends with her."

"What kind of friend is it?" Liu Dongyang's face was alert.

Du Wenlin is not familiar with this girl, not to mention her origin, and he doesn't even know what his surname is, and it is not appropriate to draw the relationship too close or too far away at this time, because he doesn't know what the real relationship between the other party and this girl is. So he said lightly:

"It's just a meeting in the water."

"What is the matter with you?" Liu Dongyang did not continue to ask about their relationship.

Du Wenlin glanced back at the boss standing behind him.

Liu Dongyang waved his hand and bowed out.

Du Wenlin didn't say anything more, but sat down, took off the boot on his right foot, took out a piece of oilcloth from the boot, and unfolded the oilcloth, inside was a letter.

He handed the letter to Liu Dongyang.

Liu Dongyang was full of doubts, took the letter, and after reading it, he was surprised:

"You are this year's new champion Du Wenlin?"

"Yes, the late birth is Du Wenlin."

"With your status as the champion, how did you come to this place of right and wrong?" Liu Dongyang was a little unconvinced.

"Favored by the emperor today, he ordered the subordinate to escort the Mei Jian army here."

"Mei Guozhen thought that with a letter from him, he could make me turn against General Bi, but he underestimated me Liu Dongyang too much!" After Liu Dongyang finished speaking, he laughed.

Du Wenlin Zhengse said:

"General Liu, you don't really think you can do it, do you? I think that since the establishment of the Taizu Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has made great efforts to govern the country and peace in all directions, and today it is the wealth of the country and the soldiers, and the peace and security of the people. And you live in this barren and remote place, how can you compete with the Ming Dynasty in the long run? Besides, Bibai is not my race, and he has always had the heart of betraying me, even if you can stand on this, how can he share the glory with you as a Han person? ”

Liu Dongyang's expression was gloomy and he was silent for a long time.

Du Wenlin continued:

"Besides, it was not your intention to rebel with Bibai, and the responsibility is not on you, and you can't help yourself, because you were forced by Dang Xin and other traitors to embark on this road. Your Majesty understands your sufferings very well, and when you come, give an edict that if you can be sympathetic to the people's livelihood and save the people from the devastation of war and give up your cooperation with the rebels, and atone for your sins, you will not be guilty of the past, and depending on your performance, you may be promoted to a knighthood. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and stared at Liu Dongyang quietly.

Liu Dongyang said gloomily:

"To be honest, although Liu is only a last-ranking officer, he has always been self-disciplined as a standard soldier. If it weren't for being forced by Dang Xin and other traitors, why would he be in today's field? ”

Du Wenlin sighed:

"Alas! should be a good general, defend the borders of the country, and protect the people, who would admit that they would be forced by the situation and victimized by traitors and go astray, how can such a situation not make people sigh? However, even though this is the case, it is not possible to make mistakes again and again. It is the best policy to rein in the precipice. ”

"I beg Lord Du to deign to live in this mansion temporarily. How about allowing the official to think about it for two days before discussing it? Liu Dongyang asked.

"Okay, I believe that General Liu will see the situation clearly, understand the current affairs, and will not disappoint the emperor!"

After arranging the accommodation, Du Wenlin remembered that the reason why the operation went smoothly was thanks to the girl's jade plate.

I haven't looked at it closely.

The milky white jade plaque is crystal clear, the front side is engraved with an eagle with wings ready to fly, the reverse side is engraved with a circle of Gesang patterns, the right side of the middle is engraved with two Chinese characters "Tana", and the left side is engraved with Mongolian characters, which should be the Mongolian language of the name.

Du Wenlin played with the jade card, and there were many doubts in his heart.

Judging from the role played by this jade plaque after entering the city today, this girl must be an extraordinary person and has a great background.

I wanted to ask Liu Dongyang about the origin of this girl, but I had already stated that I was her friend, so how could I ask again?

I wonder what kind of scene I will see her again in the future? He lives in the barracks, and even if he meets, he is probably on the battlefield of life and death.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

Early the next morning, Liu Dongyang personally came to Du Wenlin's residence:

"The lower officials decided to change their past wrongs, make meritorious contributions, and cooperate with the imperial court to exterminate the rebels. However, I want to be assured that I will not be held accountable for my mistakes and that I and my family will be safe. ”

Du Wenlin was overjoyed in his heart, and said:

"General Liu, please rest assured, I will truthfully report your sincerity to the imperial court, and promise to absolutely meet your requirements."

"How do you need to cooperate with the lower officials?"

"First, in order to prove that you are determined to abandon darkness and turn to light, you must ask the general to write a letter to show your will. Second, the specific plan of action will have to be notified after I go back to discuss it with Master Mei. Of course, during this period, wouldn't it be a great achievement if the general could find an opportunity to cut the knife of the traitor? ”

Liu Dongyang nodded yes and said he would do his best.

"Okay, the late student is ready to leave. Thank you again for being able to proceed from the righteousness, for the sake of the people of Limin, and for the blessing of the country's society! Du Wenlin arched his hand.

After getting Liu Dongyang's letter of determination, Du Wenlin left the "Shaanxi Governor's Mansion".

Du Wenlin didn't plan to go home, because he had another mission, to see Bibai.

The five big characters of "Trilateral General Military Mansion" made Du Wenlin laugh, since he can make himself an official, why not make it bigger? Wouldn't it be more atmospheric to make a "national military palace"? It's all fake anyway.

How to meet this guy who doesn't know the height of the sky, Du Wenlin hesitated.

Originally, he and Mei Guozhen had planned to go directly to the door to report their identities, but now it seems that this plan is very risky.

Because the movement is too big to ensure that the news does not leak, once Liu Dongyang knows that someone from the imperial court is coming to contact Bibai, it is very likely that he will fail.

After thinking about it for a while, I decided to try it with that jade card.

Walked to the door of the "General Soldier's Mansion" and handed the jade plaque to the guards.

The guard took the jade plaque, glanced at it, and looked surprised:

"How can you have Miss's jade plate? What happened? ”

Du Wenlin understood that the owner of the jade plate turned out to be the daughter of Bibai, no wonder the jade card was invincible.

"I'm a friend of the young lady, and I'm here to ask to see the chief officer."

The guards hurriedly went in to report, and after a while, they returned and led Du Wenlin into the mansion.

This was originally the residence of the governor of Ningxia, and since the governor Dang Xin was killed, it was changed to the "Trilateral General Military Office".

There are a lot of office buildings in the house, but they are not as pleasing to the eye as the rockery and flowing water in Liu Dongyang's "Shaanxi Governor's Mansion".

The New Year is not more than sixty, with a high nose and deep eyes, and a full beard.

Seeing Du Wenlin entering, he asked:

"How do you have Tana's jade plate?"

Du Wenlin gave up:

"See the Chief Soldier!"

Then he revealed his true identity, and then recounted the whole process of how he met Tana on the road.

Although Bibai is rude in appearance, he is actually a person with a careful heart.

In the process of Du Wenlin's narration, he always closed his eyes slightly, listened quietly, and did not say a word.

Of course, Du Wenlin omitted the process of meeting Liu Dongyang.

After listening to Du Wenlin's narration, Bibai opened his eyes, and the light shone directly:

"Master Du, since you are here instead of the imperial court, let's talk about your conditions and plans."

"When the army of the Western Expedition was about to set off, the current emperor specially summoned Mei Guozhen's supervisor and subordinates, and bitterly Chen Liu Dongyang and the rebels of the Xu Dynasty did not hesitate to raise troops to rebel in order to vent their private anger, and to the lives of the three sides, their crimes are unforgivable, and when the imperial army is assembled, the rebels will be broken and their nine clans will be destroyed. And Lord Bi, your Bi family has made great contributions to the imperial court, and this time you were also coerced by Liu Dongyang and other rebels and couldn't help yourself, the emperor understands your difficulties. Therefore, the emperor decreed that if the general can understand the suffering of the people and the emperor's concern, rein in the precipice, break with the rebels, and cooperate with the imperial army to break the enemy in one fell swoop, His Majesty will officially appoint the general as the 'trilateral chief military officer', regardless of his previous suspicions. The emperor's sincerity is chiseled, and I hope that Lord Bi will not go against the emperor's wishes. ”

Bibai had a cold face and didn't say a word.

Du Wenlin waited quietly, waiting for his next reaction.