"I don't know if the little general still remembers that there was a big epidemic outside Chang'an City two years ago?"

Of course, he knew that the epidemic had killed many people, even his sister had died of the epidemic, but there had been no such disease in the past two years.

Could it be that —

Liu Ling looked at the person in front of her in disbelief: "You don't mean that it's the epidemic, right?" ”

The person kneeling on the ground didn't dare to raise his head, but when it came to this, he naturally didn't dare to deceive the little general in front of him:

"It was this epidemic, and at first no one believed that the epidemic had returned, until Chang'an City, many people got that disease, and everyone had a rash, and then a high fever did not go away."

The symptoms are exactly the same as two years ago, and the epidemic has returned after two years.

When Liu Ling heard this, she understood why Chang'an was locked down.

But how could there be no warning before, because before they left Chang'an, that is, a month ago, everyone was fine, how could the epidemic suddenly come after them?

Although Li Hanning asked Meng Liang to return to Chang'an a month ago, one or two doctors were of no avail, and the epidemic has not been able to find useful medicinal materials so far, and the reason why the epidemic stopped suddenly two years ago was also because the Liang court ordered to kill all the sick people.

Everyone has to die no matter who gets that disease, and Emperor Daliang two years ago, in order to prevent the epidemic from spreading to Chang'an City, he even burned his own prince to death.

The person kneeling on the ground suddenly said tremblingly: "I have already told the little general everything I know, and I ask the little general to keep his promise." ”

Seeing the soldier in front of him kneeling on the ground, looking submissive and not daring to raise his head to beg for himself, Liu Ling still relented in the end, and he slowly opened his mouth and finally asked:

"I'll ask you one last thing, and if you answer truthfully, what I promised you will naturally be done."

Liu Ling looked down and asked, "You just said that someone threatened your family, but you were talking about the general surnamed Xue?" ”

They brought all of Xiao Ce's elites to the south, there were no defenders near Chang'an, and now even Xiao Ce was trapped in Chang'an City, and it was naturally not Xiao Ce's people who could open their mouths to threaten him.

Maybe it was because Liu Ling asked too bluntly, the person in front of him knelt on the ground, eager to bury his face in the ground under his feet, he didn't dare to answer at all, but looking at his scared look, Liu Ling could almost confirm the answer in his heart.

I see.

Liu Ling turned around and put the pulled out accessories back into the scabbard, and said to the man on his back:

"If you don't say it, I know, you can go."

"Thank you, little general."

Huan Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief, staggered up from the ground, and when he reached the door of the tent, he was relieved and almost fell on the spot.

Liu Ling also came out of the tent after he left, and was striding towards Li Hanning, thinking that this matter must be known to his master, and what to do should be decided by his master, but when he arrived at the door of the tent, he heard the sound of talking from inside.

That was when his master was talking to Shen Qiuchi about the warship, he and his master had always had a good relationship, and these days he watched his master eat and sleep well, always reading the military situation and military reports at night, she worked so hard for this war in the south, if this can be won, the Central Plains will be surnamed Xiao in the future, this is also the first time that his master has become the commander of the three armies, which is naturally very important to her.

Liu Ling naturally knew in his heart that even if His Royal Highness King Ming was locked up in Chang'an City, he didn't want his master to know about it, so that his master would have worries, otherwise he wouldn't let those people spread false news to Li Hanning to report his safety.

What would his master have done if he had found out?

Liu Ling could almost guess that no matter whether she returned to Chang'an or not, the war in the south would be affected.

But what if he doesn't tell his master?

In the future, if His Royal Highness King Ming really has a case, if Li Hanning knew that he knew in advance, but didn't tell her, I'm afraid he would be disappointed in his apprentice.

So he stood in front of this tent, neither advancing nor retreating.

The video of the patrol on the side noticed this scene, and asked with a puzzled look:

"What's the matter, Liu Ling, General Li is inside the tent, why don't you go in and stand here for what?"

Liu Ling came back to her senses at this time, and it turned out that she had been standing here for a long time:

"My master is busy, so I won't go in."

Liu Ling glanced thoughtfully at the tent in front of her, and after thinking about it, she chose to take two steps back, and then left the tent door.

Liu Ling thought about it, pacing back and forth in his tent, but he couldn't help but think of a compromise solution, he chose to meet the military advisor.

When Liu Ling opened the tent and went in to see Ning Yu, Ning Yu and the others naturally knew the relationship between Liu Ling and Li Hanning, and naturally cared a little more about Liu Ling.

Today, Ning Yu saw that Liu Ling had come to him here, so he put down what he was doing first, and asked casually:

"Why are you free to come to me today? Is there something going on over there for General Lee? ”

Liu Ling looked at him and shook his head, and then said straight to the point: "It's me who has something to do, I have encountered some problems and want to consult the military advisor." ”

Ning Yu smiled after hearing this, can such a young child encounter problems now? However, since it was not Li Hanning looking for him, Ning Yu naturally subconsciously relaxed a little more in his heart.

Ning Yu then comforted him and said, "Tell me what problems you have encountered." ”

He always has more knowledge than a child, so he may not be able to help, but he will do his best.

Liu Ling thought about it for a while, and then said as if she was considering:

"I just learned about something, I don't know if I should tell one of my friends, this friend is very important to me, I didn't want to deceive her, but this incident told her that it was not in accordance with righteousness, and it was not reasonable to say it."

Ning Yu naturally didn't know what was going on, but he still thought for a moment and asked, "Putting aside whether this matter is unreasonable and righteous, do you want to tell him?" ”

"Yes."

Liu Ling almost didn't think about it and had the answer.

Master treats him like a mountain, this way Li Hanning not only taught him martial arts and the art of war, but also cares about him very much, Liu Ling often thinks that if he has a sister, he should also be like Li Hanning, if he can, he really doesn't want to hide anything from Li Hanning.

He just did have scruples, if Li Hanning didn't know about this matter, wouldn't it be better for her?

Ning Yu said: "Since your answer was answered so quickly, it means that this is also what you think in your heart, since you think so, why do you do it?" Since he is the person you value very much, then the reason and righteousness you say should be determined by him, not you, so you don't have to worry so much. ”

Liu Ling immediately knelt down and said solemnly:

"I see, thank you."

Such a simple reason is that he has never figured it out, what Li Hanning wants to do is her business, but whether he says it or not is his own business.

Ning Yu saw that the person kneeling on the ground in front of him got up and turned around and left the tent, looking at the back of the child, Ning Yu shook his head, and he didn't know what he was doing so suddenly and solemnly, but he thought about it carefully, what he said just now should not be wrong, I hope he helped this child.

When Liu Ling returned to the camp, Shen Qiuchi had just left.

Li Hanning glanced at him, and said that he hadn't seen this kid for a whole afternoon, and he didn't know where he went, and was about to ask a few words, how was the review of the content to be learned in the afternoon, but he saw Liu Ling unload his sword and kneel on the ground.

He's—

Li Hanning looked at him and heard him say slowly:

"Master, I have something important to say, I asked Huan Xin carefully just now, it is the Chang'an messenger who came here to talk to Master in the morning, and he has something to hide from Master."

Liu Ling raised her head to meet Li Hanning's gaze: "Master, something happened in Chang'an, many people in Chang'an City have contracted the epidemic, and His Royal Highness King Ming is also trapped in Chang'an City, and the situation is not optimistic." ”

Her apprentices never joked about these things.

Li Hanning felt a little uneasy in his heart, and it took a long time to react when he heard the two words of the epidemic:

"What did you just say?"

"Master, the peace reported by Huan Xin to His Royal Highness King Ming is fake, the current situation in Chang'an City is not optimistic, according to what I see, it is very likely that someone did it specifically to stabilize the military spirit here."

He thought about it carefully, this matter may have been instructed by King Ming, or it may have been done by those people, in order not to let them know King Ming's current situation, but I am afraid that what they want is for Xiao Ce to have a case.

Li Hanning was stunned for a moment, when she saw the envoy in the morning, she really didn't think much about it, this time it was indeed her negligence.

No wonder it was a letter so many times before, only this time it was a verbal message.

If such an epidemic really occurs in Chang'an City, Xiao Sheng is handling government affairs on the Luoyang side, and he will definitely send troops to surround Chang'an City to seal the city, and other places have not heard of the epidemic, as long as the epidemic does not spread from Chang'an City, it will not affect Luoyang.

But Xiao Ce should still be in Chang'an City now, when Xiao Sheng was outside Huai'an City before, he already wanted to kill his younger brother quickly, and now such a good opportunity will naturally not be let go in vain.

They came from Chang'an this time, not only took away part of the food stored by the nearby people, but also brought his elite, if something really happened, it was not enough food to eat, and it was a temporary closure of the city, after a long time, the emotions of the people of Chang'an could not be appeased at all, and there was no one around him to protect him at all.

Counting all this, Xiao Ce's current situation in Chang'an is naturally much more dangerous than their situation in the south.