Chapter 17: What should we do when we know the truth?
When I entered Huizhou City, I saw a forest of shops on both sides of the street, and the faint afterglow of the sunset sprinkled on the buildings on both sides of the street, adding a bit of hazy and poetic.
The pedestrians coming and going on the street are either fresh, or old, or sophisticated, or elegant, or naΓ―ve. They are all playing their respective roles in a hurry, perhaps knowing that the Song and Jin countries have started a war, perhaps knowing that the Jin people have stepped into the land and are destroying this beautiful river and mountain, or perhaps knowing that the Song State has lost the .......
Xiao Ling'er and Qu Bing got off their horses and walked on the bluestone paved streets, and after walking a short distance, they saw groups of soldiers walking through the streets, sometimes led by officers on horseback, and the strange thing was that each of these soldiers and officers had a tired and wooden look on their faces.
When the passers-by saw them coming, they all flashed to both sides.
Xiao Ling'er helped Qu Bingru to stand on the side of the road, only to hear the people beside her: "It's been three days, and I've made chickens and dogs jump every day, and the days are almost over." β
Another said: "Isn't it, not only are we ordinary people uncomfortable, you see these soldiers, they can't rest day and night, how long will this go?" β
"There's no way, who told us to make a big deal here, I think the county master may not be able to protect his official hat. β
"Not only does it not protect it, but it is also possible to lose your life, and you don't see who you offend. β
"Well, what the hell, just go back and plant your own land. β
......
The soldiers walked by in groups, and the passers-by dispersed again.
Xiao Ling'er looked up and saw an inn at the end of the road, helped Qu Bingru, and led the horse over.
The fat boss of the inn was holding his stomach and blowing the wind at the door, and when he saw someone coming, he was very enthusiastic, and he greeted him at the door with a smile: "Are the two guest officers staying in the hotel? When he raised his eyes, he saw that Xiao Ling'er and the two of them were untidy and bloody, and his brows furrowed.
Xiao Linger saw the boss's face and said with a smile: "We are brother and sister, we met robbers on the way to escape, and snatched all our salutes, and my sister was unfortunately stabbed by the robbers and was injured, and I have come here after a lot ......of hardships, I hope the boss is pitiful."
"Alas, now that there is no home and the country is not like a country, it really pities us ordinary people. The boss shook his head and led the two into the inn.
"Little brother, now the city is searching for Jin people's spies, and you two have blood stains on your bodies, but you must be careful, don't let the officers and soldiers find out and arrest you as spies. β
"Thank you boss, but I think this city is too peaceful, why are there Jin people and spies?"
"The little brother doesn't know. The fat boss suddenly lowered his voice: "One night three days ago, a person died in the city. β
Xiao Ling'er said: "It's not unusual for someone to die, we saw a lot of dead people all the way south." β
"This dead person is not an ordinary person, I heard that it is the nephew of Lord Qin Hui, who was killed in the county yamen post station on the first night he came to the city. β
"Hmph, it's good to die. Qu Bing on the side said.
"Yo, don't talk nonsense, if you let people hear it, it's terrible. β
Xiao Ling'er asked, "How could he be killed?"
The fat boss looked left and right, and whispered: "I heard that I went to send some books to the Jin people, I only came here from Lin'an, and I was killed at night, and there was a poem left at the scene:
The country has broken mountains and rivers and wept
People's livelihood grievances and treacherous retrograde
Brave men died in a hundred battles on the front line
The line is full of singing and dancing
The traitor of the blade respectfully obeys
Stepping through the capital to return
Xiao Ling'er said: "In this way, it seems that the person who killed the person is a righteous man, and it should be done by people in the rivers and lakes, but why should he say that he is a spy of the golden people?"
"Little brother doesn't know, now everyone knows that the saint wants to negotiate peace with the Jin people, but the people of the world want to resist the Jin, this kind of thing happened at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the people originally saw the brutality of the Jin people and opposed the peace, this incident can be applauded, if the assassin is the Song people, it will arouse the people's resentment, so it can only be said that the Jin people did it, and the responsibility is put on the Jin people, and the external list is to catch the Jin people, but in fact, it is ......" At this time, from the second floor of the inn, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a thick body, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and his palms were as big as a fan. When the fat boss saw this person, he immediately stopped talking.
When the man passed by Xiao Ling'er, he swept Xiao Ling'er with light like a torch and walked out of the inn.
"This strong man is a little strange. Xiao Ling'er looked at the figure of the big man.
"Now Huizhou City is only allowed to enter and not to leave, and the city gate is closed at the time of Youshi, so it's best for you brothers and sisters to stay in the inn if you're fine. The fat boss turned around and left.
Xiao Ling'er didn't expect that the fat boss would only give him and Qu Bingru a room, and when he asked, he realized that there were many people who came to stay in the hotel these days, and there was only one room.
Qu Bingru said: "Okay, I'll just sleep on the ground." β
Xiao Ling'er said: "How can this work, how can a manly man let you sleep on the ground, the ground is my territory." β
Xiao Ling'er glanced at Qu Bingru and herself, the clothes of the two of them were in tatters, and said You wait for me in the inn for a while before going out.
Not long after, Xiao Ling'er came back and brought a Lang Zhong, who took a look at Qu Bingru's wound and prescribed medicine, and told him to take the medicine on time and rest more, and then leave.
After Lang Zhong left, Xiao Linger took out a baggage, which contained two sets of clothes, took out one set and handed it to Qu Bingru: "Change it, the clothes on your body are bloodied and tattered." Seeing Qu Bingru's shocked appearance, he said embarrassedly: "I've never bought clothes for girls, so I'll wear them." β
Qu Bingru didn't expect Xiao Ling'er to be so caring, she was chased and killed by Jiangnan Sisha and others all the way, and her body entanglement had long been lost, and she didn't know what to do. Since she was a child, except for her father, no one has cared about her so much, and a warm current suddenly arose in her heart.
After changing clothes, Xiao Linger pushed open the door, and both of them looked at each other in shock.
I saw Qu Bing like a white dress, his eyes were clear, his eyebrows were trimmed and his nose was trimmed, his mouth moved, and his cheeks were slightly pear-eddy, which was beautiful.
Qu Bingru saw that the young man in front of him was also dressed in white, with an angular face, clear eyes, sword eyebrows flying obliquely, looking at him with a smile, and couldn't help but feel hot on his face.
"Do the clothes fit, I don't know how big you wear them, so I guess I bought them. Xiao Ling'er said embarrassedly.
"Very good, thank you, come in. Qu Bingru's words are full of tenderness.
The two sat for a while, Qu Bingru was sad from time to time crying because she missed her father, Xiao Linger didn't know how to persuade her, and she only hated why she was talking about her father.
At this time, I only heard someone outside say loudly: "I heard that the officers and soldiers have captured the assassin, and Shen Shi will behead him at the entrance of the vegetable market." β
A thick voice said, "Is it the golden man who caught it?"
"No, it's a Song person, called Li He, I only heard that this person colluded with Jin Ren, and he was sentenced to behead after a trial. β
The rough voice said: "This Li He is a hero, these dog officials kill innocents indiscriminately, it is really intolerable." Then there was a "hum", and then a kla was heard, like the sound of the table being smashed by a punch.
"Li He?" Qu Bingru raised his head, "He is an anti-Jin righteous man, how could he be arrested for assassination?"
Xiao Ling'er was very strange and asked Qu Bingru, why do you a girl know about these anti-gold people, and why did Jiangnan Sisha chase and kill you.
Qu Bingru glanced at Xiao Ling'er: "I don't see that you are not a bad person, and you have nothing to do with people in the martial arts, so I'll tell you." Qu Bingru told her story.
It turns out that although Qu Bingru is a girl, she has been practicing martial arts under the guidance of her father since she was a child, and she has practiced martial arts, especially her Liangyi swordsmanship, which is even more outstanding. Later, when the Jin people invaded the Great Song Dynasty, Qu Bingru often saw his father discussing something with some martial arts people from the Central Plains? Later, he learned that his father was secretly helping these people to resist the Jin people.
Qu Bingru often disguised herself as a man to go out to play, and once went north of the Yellow River, saw the brutality of the Jin people with her own eyes, and was filled with righteous indignation, and participated in the anti-Jin rebellion organized by the people. Later, Daddy knew about it and began to oppose it, after Qu Bingru's explanation, Daddy finally agreed to her, but only let her send information like this, so every time she went out, it was in the form of going out to play, this time it was to send a secret letter to Hangzhou, but I didn't expect to be betrayed by a traitor, not only Daddy's death and his whereabouts were also exposed, so he was chased and killed.
Xiao Ling'er listened and said, "It turns out that the master of Qu Island was wronged, but why don't you make it clear?"
Qu Bingru sighed: "Daddy is loyal and courageous, and he will not argue with these people about these useless things." People who go to Treasure Island are all for money, fame and fortune, who will listen to this, who is really patriotic, that is, a small number of loyal and righteous people, are on the front line of the anti-gold war, who will come to participate in this battle for fame and fortune. Daddy held a martial arts competition, in fact, he wanted to take this opportunity to call on bloody people to protect the people of the Great Song Dynasty and drive away the Jin people, but he didn't expect ......"
"However, who is the man in black who appeared, and why did he frame the Qu Island Master. β
Qu Bingru's face suddenly turned angry, and her apricot eyes widened: "I will definitely find out this big villain who framed my father." β
"Let's go to the execution ground. Qu Bingru said to Xiao Ling'er.
Xiao Ling'er listened to Qu Bingru tell her story, and admired this girl in her heart, who was about the same age as herself, but had ambitions and ideals that she didn't have, she was really ashamed in front of her, so she nodded: "Okay, I'll also go and see this hero named Li He." β