The two men who came out of the sludge walked for a long time in the reeds, and only stopped when they reached the edge of the reeds, where there was a duck shed, which was a temporary place for the duck keepers.

During the day, duck farmers drive the ducks to the reeds to find some small fish and shrimp to eat, and in the evening, the ducks are gathered and enclosed in the fence, and the duck keepers sleep in makeshift sheds to guard the ducks.

It is not until the duck has changed its feathers three times and the skeleton has basically grown that the duck will be driven back to the farm to wait for fattening and selling on the market.

The duck shed was low, very small, with a layer of tarpaulin at the bottom to prevent moisture, thick dried reeds on top, and a reed mat on top, on which a quilt and a pillow were thrown.

The tall and short men were all dressed only in their undergarments, and their coats were held in their arms, and the wind blowing from the lake carried the cold of early spring, and the two of them shivered.

The tall man walked to the lake, stripped off his clothes in three or two times, found a clean place to go into the water, and thoroughly washed the sludge off his body.

He beckoned to his companion, and the short man's teeth warped, and reluctantly followed his example and went to the lake to wash his body.

There was sludge on their bodies, faces, and even their hair, and it took them a long time to finally wash them off.

The tall man walked back to the shack naked, and found a blue cloth package from inside, and when he opened the package were two sets of half-worn clothes, one long and one short, as if they had been made to suit their figures.

When the clothes stopped, the two of them, one tall and one short, seemed to be the coolies that could be seen everywhere on the wharf outside the Qiantang Gate.

The tall man took out the fire folds wrapped in layers of oilcloth from the shack, set the shack on fire, and threw the clothes and trousers off of both of them into the fire, and the wind helped the fire, and the low shack was reduced to ashes in less than half an hour.

The tall man clapped his hands and said, "Let's go, let's go back to the city first." ”

The short man turned his head and quickly followed the footsteps of his companions, looked back at the burned shack, and said in a low voice: "Boss Gao, I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful, now we are under the noses of the Imperial City Division, and they may not be able to suspect us." It's just that this duck shed burned down, and we have one less stronghold! ”

The tall man's name was Gao Quan, and he said: "It's useless to keep the duck shed, the duck herd died, and Lin'an City lost a lot of our manpower that night." ”

He gritted his teeth and said: "It's a pity that the luck of the emperor of the Song Dynasty is too good, the old soldiers of the Gushan Battalion have guarded the Jingling Palace, so that the defenders of Yuhangmen can relieve their breath, and our people who are ambushed outside the city can't get in, and we can't bring weapons in, what can we do with those city fox society rats alone?" There is also the newly raised Xiao Wu of the Imperial City Division, if it weren't for him, Lin'an City would definitely be in chaos several times, just saving the people was enough for the emperor and hundreds of officials of the Song Dynasty to drink a pot! ”

The short man's name was Ou Dake, he tried to keep up with Boss Gao's footsteps, while secretly observing his expression, seeing that Boss Gao didn't mean to speak for the time being, Ou Dake swallowed his saliva hard, and said with difficulty: "Boss Gao, there is a question that has been in my belly for a long time, and I have always wanted to ask." ”

Gao Quan: "Let's hear it." ”

Ou Dake: "Sometimes I really don't know whether I am a Song or a Jin person now? I am Lin'an in Shaoxing for eight years, and my temples were still green when I came, and now I have two temples dyed with frost. I have been in Lin'an for twenty-two years, married a wife, and had children of my own, and now the children are all talking about marriage, and when the children have their children, I will be considered to have taken root in Lin'an City. ”

Ou Dake's gaze was a little confused: "To be honest, I am vague about my hometown in the Jin Kingdom, and my relatives, I don't know if they are still alive?" Before the Jingkang Change, my family was a Song person for generations, and now in Lin'an, who can say that I am not a Song person? ”

He looked at Gao Quan: "Boss Gao, do you really want to go back?" Don't you also have a wife and children in Lin'an, and have your own shop and grange, is it because our homeland is occupied by the Jin people, we are no longer Song people? ”

Gao Quan looked around vigilantly and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about!" We are the secret spies of the Jin Kingdom! Do you know the secret spy? One day for a secret spy, a lifelong spy! What Song people Jin people, what do you think of yourself? Do you think we're up to the choosing? ”

Ou Dake snorted: "Haven't so many years passed peacefully? To be honest, I was both scared and unbearable that night in Lin'an, those are the neighbors who have lived in Lin'an City for decades like us, looking at their miserable conditions, I haven't slept soundly all night these days. ”

He hurried a few steps in front of Boss Gao: "Boss Gao, stop it." Let's not mention any Jin people and Song people, how about the two not helping each other? No one knows anyway! ”

Gao Quan stopped abruptly, he squinted his eyes and stared at Ou Dake, staring at the latter's heart.

Ou Dake said in a trembling voice: "Boss Gao, since you don't agree, just when I never mentioned it, when I had a dream, I talked nonsense!" When, when I'm a fart, I will scatter with a fan, so as not to stink you! ”

Ou Dake slapped himself twice as he spoke, "snapping" twice, and both of his cheeks were red and swollen.

Gao Quan said coldly: "This kind of thing will not be mentioned again from now on!" If it reaches the ears of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, you and I may be fine for the time being, but the family members and clansmen of the Jin Kingdom will definitely not survive. My Gao clan has a lot of clansmen in the Jin Kingdom, and I don't want to affect the innocent! ”

Ou Dake was shocked into a cold sweat, and hurriedly agreed in a low voice: "Yes, yes, I will never say this kind of nonsense again, Boss Gao, you have a lot of spare Dake this time, you will never dare to do it again!" As long as you give your command, Boss Gao, you can go to the soup and fight the fire! ”

Ou Dake just saw the killing opportunity clearly in the eyes of Boss Gao, and he remembered that the person in front of him was not a good stubble, he took the opportunity to launch a riot in Lin'an, killing thousands of innocent people in Lin'an, and tens of thousands of Lin'an people's homes were destroyed, and he didn't even frown!

He ordered people to use ignorant children to spread nursery rhymes in Lin'an, and even watched the play on the side for a long time when the Imperial City Division was arresting people everywhere, and it was not enough to watch Wang Ergou and his wife die tragically, so he verbally forced a seven-year-old child to commit suicide by caesarean section on the street, in order to achieve the goal, unscrupulous means!

Seeing that Ou Da was cowardly, Gao Quan was interested in speaking, and he continued to walk forward while saying: "If Song and Jin have been living in peace like this, I am naturally willing to die peacefully in Lin'an City, but if the Emperor of Jin wants to attack Song State, Song and Jin can only exist in one." Good birds choose trees to perch, do you think the emperor of Lin'an City has a chance of winning? It's all risk-taking, and I'm naturally betting on the winning side! ”

He patted Ou Dake on the shoulder: "You, you have been in Lin'an City for a long time, and you have also learned to shrink your head and go to peace, you must know that there are some things in life that cannot be avoided, since you can't hide, I Gao Quan naturally wants to earn a profit!" ”