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Xue Ling smiled and threw the tea bowl back on the table, and said: "Take it for me to see, I have never paid attention to this, why, your family didn't ask the teacher to teach the etiquette of using tea?

That is to say, no one has taken care of me these years, otherwise, that old man would still blame me for my misbehavior. "

Shen Yuanzhou was still staring at her, reached out and took the tea bowl and waved it in front of Xue Ling, then he closed his eyes and said with a smile, "Why don't you die."

Xue Lingte looked at his hands, and said normally: "When I was young, an old man came from the city, said he was my father's teacher, and he came to teach me together. After a few dynasties, the first emperor."

She pointed to Shen Yuanzhou's hand: "I can see that you are indeed holding a knife. Why did you use it to hold tea? It seems frivolous and disrespectful for others to see."

Shen Yuanzhou then turned his wrist and said: "I haven't seen it in the past, I'm used to holding weapons, and I'm also used to holding it tighter when holding other things. You say it's disrespectful, you really are."

After finishing speaking, he put the bowl away and said, "I still have work elsewhere", and I want to say goodbye to Xue Ling.Xue Ling smiled and said, "This is your place, I'm only living here for a few days, please don't use it anywhere."

Shen Yuanzhou smiled and said: "Then I will go, you should be careful at night, don't get too close."

Xue Ling said yes, he turned and went out, walked a certain distance, turned his head slightly, and saw Xue Ling holding the tea bowl and looking intently, as if he was studying how to hold his fingers.

He remembered that there were people following Xue Ling at any time, and he hurriedly turned his head and walked out of the courtyard. Some thoughts were not strong, but they couldn't get rid of them.

Xue Ling held the cup and didn't dare to put it down, until Xue Min said lightly, "People are gone", she threw the bowl on the table in an instant, and touched her back with her backhand, only to feel that her underwear was soaked and cool.

Xue Min had already forgotten about this, and said, "What's wrong."

"He knows me, we can't stay for long."

“How come you see?”

"Hand." Xue Ling stretched out his right hand, shook it twice, and said, "Hand, I forgot. Last time I bumped into him, I went to Li Jingsi, met him, and told him about the hand."

She picked up the tea bowl again, showed it to Xue Min, and said, "Did you see, what he said just now was what I told him at that time."

Xue Min thought for a while, and remembered, only saying that it was strange at the time, there was no reason why Xue Ling said these things.Afterwards, there was no intersection with Shen Yuanzhou, so who can remember this, but it is strange that Shen Yuanzhou remembers so clearly.

But there is no one who can determine their identity with one hand. Although you have to be careful, you don't have to be too nervous. Xue Ming said: "Maybe it's just a fun thing to say. It sounds fun, so I just remembered it."

"No. No." Xue Ling waved his hand and said, "He must have doubted me somewhere, because I'm used to it."

If it is not deliberate, people who are used to holding weapons will indeed grasp the teacup. The bad thing is this "if it is not deliberate". For several years in the Su residence, they have to be respectful and respectful when going to and from everywhere. Just to mention, she insisted on changing the habit of holding the bowl.

After returning to Heyuan Garden, he was at ease, and never changed back. When he met Shen Yuanzhou at Li Jingsi's place that day, he showed a moment of timidity. He couldn't find any other reason to say something. Who would have thought that he would remember it until today.

She thought there should be no flaws in the response just now, but Shen Yuanzhou must have become suspicious, and he couldn't delay later, otherwise, with the way that person used to do in the past, even if he didn't kill this group of people, he would be transferred away as soon as possible, and he would never lay hands on him Chance.

She didn't even dare to discuss any more matters here, so she took the sign and said: "Go, go out and say, I'm going out tonight, don't come back."

Xue Min responded, and went into the house together to get water bags, dry food and other things.When she was done, seeing Xue Ling hesitate at the door, Xue Min asked, "Tang Jian came over in the morning and said that we need someone to go with us, but Shen Yuanzhou didn't mention it on purpose, do we need someone to follow us?"

Xue Min thought about it, but she didn't know how to make a choice, and then she heard her say, "Forget it, let's call someone, so Shen Yuanzhou won't be more suspicious."

She handed the sign to Xue Min and said, "Take someone to wait for me at the gate of the city, and I'll call someone to the school soldiers."

Xue Min didn't want her to go alone, so he took the sign and said, "Just to be on the safe side, why do you have to run so far, just find someone."

Xue Ling pointed in the direction of the school grounds, and said with a smile, "No, I've answered someone before, so it's not easy to backtrack."

After finishing speaking, he went down the steps and went outside by himself. Xue Min took the sign and sighed and called Zhou Sui and others to go to the place where the horses were tethered. I also know that she probably won't die tomorrow, but people always have to think about the long-term, why should they make a stumbling block in the future, it's not their turn, so we have to rush."

Xue Ming didn't stop putting on the horse, and said, "None of you have thought about what she is like now, or what she will be like in the future. I'm just her servant, don't go beyond your duty for me."

Huo Zhi still wanted to talk, Xue Min handed him the rope and said, "Go as you go, go as you go, if you don't go, go back by yourself."

He took the rope with a sigh, turned over and sat on the horse, and followed Xue Ming to the gate of the city.Xue Ling also came quickly, with familiar faces behind her, it turned out that she was looking for Wu Dong who was with the grain transporter the day before yesterday, and the other person was also there, only the battalion was there, and she didn't ask for his name.

Xue Min didn't have any idea, so he got off his horse and handed over the token to the gatekeeper, and opened the door with his fingertips, so that Xue Ling didn't have to dismount.Huo Zhi sighed again, if he wanted to win Shen Yuanzhou's trust, he should let someone close to him come, especially go to the school grounds to find a centurion, it would be of no benefit, but it would be suspected of trying to cover up.

It's just that people are here at this meeting, so I can't persuade them.The pawns guarding the city were ordered to unscrew a crack in the door at the bearing with a stick made of solid cast iron, and specially confessed: "From dark to five o'clock, no one will come to open it. Come back Neither."

Xue Min accepted the sign, Xue Ling had already left the door immediately, because the door was narrow, everyone could only pass through one by one, and then chased them out, and saw the front running far away.

After running straight for half a quarter, Xue Lingfang reined in his horse and pointed out to everyone: "Nothing else, the main purpose tonight is to go back and forth to the north of the city, and if there are any changes in soldiers and horses, please report in time."

He asked Xue Ming again: "Have you brought all the cigarettes?"

Xue Ming nodded, Xue Ling pointed to the air, and said, "It's hard to distinguish the smoke at night, so put a few more at a time." Then he turned to Zhou Sui and said, "The soldiers are divided into two groups. You lead the people to the east, and we go to the west to form an encirclement. Check, if there are no accidents, we will meet here at [-]:[-] tomorrow morning."

Zhou Sui said yes, turned around and called a few people to leave, Xue Ling and the battalion said: "You can let them go, the king said that the people in the city should follow, maybe he was afraid that we would lose our way when we first came here."

That man was just a lowly soldier, he could be named because he was acquainted with Wu Dong, he hurriedly answered "De Ling" after hearing the order, and then followed Zhou Sui.

The rest here except Wu Dong are all acquaintances, Xue Lingyang ordered the horse to go forward, and said: "Let's go too, be more comfortable, just come out for a horse race."

Huo Zhi and Xue Ming didn't know how Wu Dong was doing, so they both answered yes, and Xue Ling asked calmly, "I saw that Brother Ang was really good at it the other day, when did he join the army?"

Wu Dong seemed a little uncomfortable, sitting upright, and said: "No... my family's ancestors were all soldiers, and riding a horse is... something to learn. I fought a few years ago, and I also fought a war last year, so At once"

"So that's the case, no wonder." Xue Ling replied with a smile.

Sergeants are soldiers who are not in the register, and if there is no edict, they are ordinary people. Those who should work in agriculture are farmers, and those who should herd horses are not paid by the imperial court, but the soldiers are exempt from taxes.

During a war, one of the soldiers would return to the camp immediately, unlike ordinary civilians who pay attention to the number of soldiers.The number of soldiers is basically passed down from generation to generation, the father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother dies and the younger brother replaces.

Since they know that most of them will have to fight to the death with others, most soldiers will learn two-handed self-defense skills.During the Taiping period, the local officials would also tell the soldiers to train them for ten and a half months when they counted the books every year, and some people could read and write.

Such a person may not all be a centurion, but being a centurion is obviously not unusual.

She gossiped: "Last year, what year was it?"

"General Huo was here last year."

"Oh." Xue Ling understood.Last year's war did not pass through Ningcheng.If Wu Dong is also recruited, it means that his ancestral home is here, at least within the three cities.

A few people ran out in silence for a while, almost passing the north gate of Ningcheng. Xue Ling pointed away and said, "We will separate later, there will be more horses, and the dust will be big, and people can't see it, but Hu Renxun Eagles, they will infer whether there are people around based on the reaction of the eagles."

Everyone said yes, Wu Dong said: "Aren't you from another place? How do you know the Hu people so well?"

Xue Ling turned around with a smile and said, "Yes and no, I have fought in wars before."

Wu Dong was enthusiastic for a moment, and said, "Are you also a soldier?"

Xue Ling shook his head, he lowered his head again, and said desolately: "Thank you for pointing me out, I thought it was just a casual remark that day."

"Why is it a casual sentence?"

"Unless you have made great contributions, how can the people above remember who is below?"

"You entered the camp several times, didn't you do any meritorious service?"

"It's not easy to survive, what meritorious deeds are you talking about?" Wu Dong pulled his horse, walked closer to Xue Ling, and said: "In the past few years, the wars have been defending the city. , it’s the fault of the bottom, how can there be merit.”

Xue Ling waved his hands forward and said, "It sounds like you are not convinced."

Wu Dong gritted his teeth for a while, and said in a rough voice: "I don't accept it, why are the princes and princes fighting each other, and the subordinates are forced to bleed and die?"

Xue Ling turned back and smiled and said, "What princes and generals? The barbarian is right in front of you. You are protecting the country. How can you involve the princes and generals? How can you tell me this? I'm not afraid that I will go back and report to Shen Yuanzhou. You are a crime of disturbing the morale of the army."

"Fart." Wu Dong said angrily, "Which country and country did I protect, why did I answer the call three or four times, and everyone just retreated, refusing to go out of the city to fight.

Why am I exempted from imperial taxes, and now I have to swallow my breath under the hands of a rebel.

You won't denounce me, I can tell, you're not like them. "

Xue Ling pressed his wrist, raised his eyebrows and said, "Really? What's the difference?"

"You give me money, remember what you promised me. I have fought so many battles, and no one remembers who I am."

She pointed to the open space and said, "Okay, let's separate quickly, but don't get too far away, don't run too fast on horses, don't take risks alone, and throw away the cigarette when something happens."

She looked at Wu Dong and said with a smile: "I don't care whether people die or not, but anyway, I call you out, don't die in front of me. Hu people are fast and good at harnessing horses. Once they are discovered, they will definitely I can catch up with you."

She called Huo Zhi: "You come with me."

Huo Zhi was taken aback, looked at Xue Ming and said, "Me?"

Xue Ling raised his head and said, "Let's go."

Xue Ming thought that she wanted to discuss matters with Huo Zhi, since they are not far away anyway, so forget it, but Wu Dong said, "I'll go with you."

Xue Ming said angrily, "Who are you going to go? You follow me." Wu Dong looked around at the two of them, probably Xue Ming's words would be useful, so he had to give up.

Xue Ling smiled and got off the horse, Huo Zhi hurriedly followed. After a few steps, Xue Ling talked about the "tea bowl" in the afternoon, and said: "I definitely can't stay here anymore. I have never been afraid of anyone. But Shen Yuanzhou's stupid dog sat there, and my back was soaked in sweat. I was afraid that he would find out. It doesn't matter if I die, and you all lie down.

Lying down is not bad, at least it is complete, I am afraid that I will not be able to lie down, and I don’t know how to pile up my hands and feet. "

Huo Zhi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said sadly, "How can you make trouble after drinking water?"

"Who knows him, he will remember such a short-lived incident." She flicked the horsewhip lightly, but her troubles disappeared, at least the words have been explained, no matter how life or death is, she can't blame herself for hiding it.

Huo Zhi thought for a while, and said, "The sooner the better."

Xue Ling said: "The sooner the better, that's why I said, it's best to kill Tuoba Mian tomorrow. As long as I do it tomorrow, the barbarians will definitely attack the city. Shen Yuanzhou is not a general now, so he can't die here, and he can't Directly leading people to withdraw, he will take his cronies to other places to ask for help if he can't last for three to five days.

Let's do it on the road, not to mention one-on-one, even one-on-two, I won't be afraid of him.What's more, if a person dies on the road, there is no proof of his death, just say that the barbarians noticed it and surrounded him, and you and I escaped by chance, isn't that all right? "

Huo Zhi was helpless, and repeated: "It's good to have such an easy thing, but you know it. It's hard to do it."

Xue Ling raised his whip and stopped: "I haven't done a few easy things, but this one is not bad, but on your end, how did you find someone to find it?"

"No news has come back yet."

"There is martial law everywhere in the city, how to spread the news?"

"Huo Xiao and I agreed that if we find someone, we will find a groom to enter the city. At this juncture, war horses are important, and there must be a shortage of people who can manage horses and raise horses."

Xue Ling nodded, there is no risk in this method, and it is indeed difficult to find someone, if she tightened her wrists and said with a smile: "If I kill Tuoba tomorrow, it doesn't matter if I can find him or not.

We have medicine, it may not be impossible to seal the throat when you see blood, didn't you say, why not try it? "

Huo Zhi sighed, and after a long time, he let it go: "Why don't you try it." Then he said: "It's just that I really don't understand why he took such a big risk to lure you. .”

"He wants to kill me. He wants to kill Xue Ling. He wants everyone to know that he killed Xue Yihan's son." Xue Ling turned around with a smile and said, "Why, you don't want to kill me?"

Huo Zhi looked at her in shock, he didn't bother to refute, the whole world learned from each other, he definitely didn't have this idea at this time, even Tuoba Mian probably didn't have this idea, it's very possible to let her die, but what did he say to kill Xue Yihan Son, it's more like she's proud.

She turned her head, still speaking briskly: "I died in his tent, I was just an unknown person, I couldn't get out of that bad breath, no one would believe me if I was Xue Ling.

It's different now, someone already knows who I am, maybe he wants me to die there tomorrow, so that everyone will know that after Xue Yihan, it's nothing more than that. "

"You didn't say he wouldn't."

"I guess he won't, the world is unpredictable, so it's worth taking a gamble."

The two of them didn't talk anymore, when the night came, they didn't dare to light the torches, they ran back and forth several times relying on the stars in the sky, they got together at the middle of the night, the person on the other side of Zhou Sui hadn't come back yet, Xue Min We divided the food and water, and talked while eating.

They all said that no barbarians set up an ambush, but there were about a hundred camps camped in the south of Niaobudu, this place is very close to Ningcheng, especially since the barbarian cavalry are fast, it is almost a matter of taking a breather to go to the north gate of Ningcheng.How is it in the valley, I dare not go in again.

Xue Ling gnawed on the pancakes and listened to everyone's talk, and said, "It's not bad, it doesn't matter, let's find a place to squat for a while after eating, it will take a while before we can go back."

The dead men at the bottom didn't talk much at first, and they hid in the shadows after sloppy eating. Because they didn't dare to light a fire, they didn't even have the fun of burning firewood. The boss pinched the grass roots.

At four and a half minutes later, Zhou Sui and others came back, saying the same thing, and there was nothing unusual about going east.Xue Ling nodded and called everyone back to the city, but it was less than five o'clock when they arrived, and the guards refused to open the gate, so everyone had to wait under the gate.

Wu Dong tentatively moved closer to Xue Ling, and said, "Can you transfer me to your side? I don't want to be an unknown centurion again. No one knows whether I am alive or dead." He pointed to Xue Ming and the others. Person: "There are so many people around you, you can't miss the two of us."

Xue Ling lowered his head, touched his body for a long time, and said: "No, I didn't bring any money today." She didn't look up, and said mockingly: "It's not just me giving you the money, it just happens that I don't need it, I have nothing to do with them different."

"It's different, it's different, you can't see me, it's different."

Xue Ling raised his head, Wu Dong said harshly: "It's not the same, you can't see how the subordinates are at all, you are different from them."

She has always had the conceit of being well-educated, but at this moment she couldn't understand the words, and looked around in embarrassment.Wu Dong grabbed her arm and said, "It's different, I can see that you don't take us seriously at all."

Xue Ming thought it was a normal conversation between the two, so he ignored it. Seeing Wu Dong stretch out his hand, he hurriedly stepped forward to tear him away, but Wu Dong held on tightly and didn't pull him away.

Xue Ming was angry, and was afraid that he would hurt Xue Ling again, so he could only whisper, "Let go."

Wu Dong then slowly withdrew his hand, reluctantly said: "It's different, you don't look at me at all, but they stare at me.

Because I am their property, their war horse, and their great cause for thousands of years.

I want to be a person, people have to, make up their own minds, right? "

Shouted from the tower: "The door can be opened."

The more anxious he was, he said: "Please, take me to your side, really, I was called by the Xue family four years ago, by the Huo family a year ago, and now by the Shen family.

They all said they want to protect the country and the people, I...
I don't trust them..I don't trust them.."

The city gate was creaking, he looked over, and stretched out his hand to pull Xue Ling, but was stopped by Xue Min with the hilt of his sword, he pointed to the other pawn, and said, "Please.

Let us go, I just want to be a worthless person, rather than being a horse worth a million dollars. "

He swung Xue Min's sword hilt away with one hand, pulled Xue Ling back and said, "You are different from them, you are different from them."

Xue Ming was so angry that he drew his sword and wanted to slash, but Huo Zhi said annoyedly, "Stop making trouble, do you still want to go in?"

Everyone stopped their hands, and the gatekeeper inside shouted: "You can come in."

Xue Ling shook his clothes and mocked, "What's the difference?"

Wu Dong lowered his head, turned around to lead the horse, and when he came back, he said softly: "Probably, you don't care if I die. They are clamoring to save me, not because they want me to live, but because I didn't die for them. What a pity."

He looked at the door: "Why?"

Xue Ling smiled and led the horse to the front. After entering the city, she went straight to the mansion. She didn't need to promise what happened next.

Everyone in Shenyuan Prefecture had been waiting for a long time at the place where the lights were on. The spies in the city returned all of them, which was no different from what Xue Ling and the others had detected. The Hu people were very close, but there was no ambush outside the North City Gate, and there was enough time to run away.

Xue Ling said: "So, without further ado, have you put away the horses?"

Tang Jian said: "It's all set up. We also buried horse-trapping ropes at the door and blared the horses as a signal. When the time comes, the horses will be tripped and the barbarians' reinforcements will arrive in half an hour. It depends on our ability to live or die."

It should not be too late. Judging from the past few days, Tuoba will come over at the end of the fifth watch when the sky is twilight. Three or five sentences."

After saying that, he backed out first, and walked to a secluded place with Xue Ming and others, pointed to Huo Zhi, and said, "This matter is my own business, and has nothing to do with you, you can go back."

Huo Zhi surrendered, it was impossible for him to go with Xue Ling, it was rare for her to propose it by herself.Just as he was about to leave, he heard Xue Ling and others say: "Go and protect him, don't follow me."

Huo Zhi was stunned for a moment, Xue Min said first, "No."

Xue Ling smiled and said: "This is a personal grudge, it has nothing to do with anyone, so don't come." Then he clicked on Xue Mingzhou and said, "Both of you are."

After saying that, he turned around and returned, Xue Min immediately chased after him, Zhou Sui hesitated a little, Huo Zhi pulled him back and said, "Don't go, you just wait here. It's okay if she dies and can't come back, if she doesn't die , I still need to employ people when I come back, and you will lose one if you send one."

Zhou Sui looked at the backs of Xue Ling and Xue Ling in front, and Huo Zhi said lightly again: "Many people are dying here, don't waste your own, let Shen people block it."

Zhou Sui nodded heavily, and beckoned the rest of the people to follow Huo Zhi back to the residence. According to his thinking, what Huo Zhi said was not unreasonable.

Hearing that Xue Min was catching up, Xue Ling didn't try to persuade him any more. After reuniting with Tang Jian, a dozen or so people walked together. To be on the safe side, they didn't leave the door. They all went down to the door with ropes.Sure enough, there were three or four rows of barriers in front of the door, and the front row was covered with a black cloth, and the tip of the knife pierced the cloth and leaked out.

This camouflage is not very clever, and some people even have 300 taels of silver here, which is easy to be wary of, but Xue Ling knows that Tuoba Mian intends to seduce each other, so it doesn't matter whether he hides or not.

The rest of the people scattered first, Tang Jian pointed to the sides, and said to Xue Ling, "There are horses in the ditch two hundred paces away. They are tied up to prevent them from running away in shock. If you are going to pass by, cut the rope first and then run away." .”

Xue Ling glanced at it. The morning light was still hazy and she couldn't see at all. She squeezed her wrist and responded. Tang Jian patted her shoulder with a smile and said, "How are you, are you afraid?"

She looked at the Juma in the middle of the city gate, raised her head and said, "Is that mine?"

"We can switch."

Xue Ling and Xue Min said, "Go to the right and wait for me, then come and pick me up."

Xue Min refused to respond, Xue Ling smiled and said, "It's better to have someone come to pick you up than I can run out by myself. As soon as I reach him, I will stop and walk away."

Xue Min nodded, and glanced at the row of horses covered with black cloth. If one wanted to hide inside, one had to squat down.He bowed his head and said, "If you can't reach it, you have to go."

Tang Jian pushed Humanity and said, "Mo Mo Chi Chi, if you're not here, hurry up, someone will come later."

Xue Ling lifted the black cloth over the place where the horse was rejected, only to see that there was no knife installed on the side of the hiding person, and the person could lean on it, and then cover the black cloth, and through the hole poked out, he could see the horse within five paces. Probably.

After dawn, they should be able to go a little further, but the height limit is the limit. At that time, it is estimated that there are no horses standing on their feet.

She lifted the cloth again and asked Tang Jian: "How is it? Is it suitable for hiding?"

Tang Jian said: "Okay, just right." As he spoke, he took two steps forward and handed the long sword to Xue Ling, and said, "I saw that the thing you use is shorter and more dangerous, here you go, whether you need it or not. Besides, you should use a knife, but I don’t think you can hold it steadily.”

He showed off with Xue Ling, and said to Jiannu: "The thing you gave, powder, painted on, whether it works or not depends on today."

Most likely they won't need it, the long sword is indeed easier to attack, but it also means better parrying, otherwise I would have prepared it long ago, and it wouldn't be the trouble of this person.However, she did not refuse, took over and saw Xue Ming still standing there, waved the sword and said in a low voice: "Idiot, hurry up."

Xue Ming heaved a sigh of relief, turned to leave, Tang Jian watched him go, turned to Xue Ling and said, "What do you two have to do with each other, you don't look alike."

Xue Ling didn't want to answer, and lifted the black cloth to let the cat in, but Tang Jian suddenly grabbed her by the shoulders.Xue Ling stared at him sideways, but saw that he had changed his heartless attitude these past few days, and asked formally, "How old are you, you have to take care of this."

Xue Ling still didn't answer, he lowered his shoulders and pushed his hands away, and sat on the ground behind the horse.Tang Jian clasped his hands and said, "Your posture won't be good if you stay here. You're already here. Let's have some snacks."

"If you don't hold it, you're bothered."

Tang Jian was silent for a moment, and said: "If you miss a hit, hurry up and leave. We all have to leave. It's a pity to die here at your age. You go up the city wall. There are many people, and you can fight for a while... "

Xue Ling raised her hand. The grass roots on it were not very clean. She asked, "Do you want to eat? You can shut your mouth."

Tang Jian stared at her, then laughed, grabbed more than half of her, and turned to go to the side.Xue Ling pulled the black cloth over his head with one hand, and the slight sweet taste just burst into his mouth.

The past ten days have never been so comfortable as now.