She fell out after crying at the wrong grave

Inside Louguan Camp.

You Bei's army rushed straight to the Aikou Louguan with great momentum. They first shouted for a while ten miles outside the city gate, and now they retreated fifty miles and set up camp, as if they were determined to fight to the death.

Chao Xu and Meng Bing accompanied him on this trip.

A few days ago, the two men stood on the city gate, listening to the loud insults of Youbei Han coming through the dust, and Meng Bing was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.

So in a rage, Meng Bing left and rushed into the camp to find Hengzhi, intending to get to the bottom of the matter.

When Chao Xu finally caught up with the captain, his voice was no less powerful than that of the Youbei cavalry, and was also extremely powerful.

"Humph, I just don't understand. They are shitting on our necks! The insults have been going on for three days! Even if we open the city gates to fight, what is there to be afraid of?" As he spoke, Meng Bing compared his hand to a blade and placed it on his neck.

In front of Hengzhi was an open map, and beside him were still piles of official documents of all sizes, as if he had just moved his office to a new place.

In that case, why have you come all the way here?
Meng Bing has a quick temper, and sometimes he really needs this kind of impulse on the battlefield, but at the moment it has not reached the point where he needs to put in a test of courage.

Everything must be done according to a rule.

After Heng Zhi finished writing the last sentence, he looked at him calmly, "Captain, why are you so anxious? Can't you stand the barbarian's quick words?"

Before Chao Xu came in, there was an urgent report from a scout, which he brought in. "Don't make a noise, don't make a noise, the military information is important." After handing the urgent report on the table, Chao Xu stepped back politely and patted Meng Bing's armor.

The piece of cold iron on the shoulder was turned into a ferocious beast. He slapped it with his palm, but it hurt so much that he immediately pulled it back.

Looking at the atmosphere between the governor and the captain, it seemed more solemn than the two armies facing each other at the city gate.

Meng Bing was a man who only remembered food and not punishment. He had already offended the governor once in the new parade ground. Even if he was a general with a kind heart, how could he allow others to question his decisions so many times?

Before the army was organized, the war had not even started yet and our own people had already started to riot.

Hengzhi unfolded the rolled cloth and, still using the method of splitting characters, wrote briefly that the Youbei people had set up camp fifty miles away and would retreat quietly tonight.

This is strange.

Hengzhi pressed the cloth with his long, symmetrical fingers, and pondered in silence.

Although he had expected that they would march to the city to provoke him, he did not anger them and retreated first, which was a completely unreasonable decision.

If there is no problem with oneself, then there must be a situation that is disadvantageous to others but beneficial to oneself.

The Youbei people are commonly known as barbarians because they are arrogant and ambitious, and never take the Central Plains seriously. This is the reason why Youbei was defeated in the past, and now it seems that it will also be the reason for future defeats.

but.

Hengzhi carefully read the state newspapers on the table one by one, and found nothing unusual.

What on earth could make You Bei give up provocation and sit quietly outside the city?

Under the pile of papers, there was an envelope of unusual color and material.

Hengzhi's eyes fell on this place, like a frozen lake in spring, which slightly melted away the cold. He pulled out the expensive paper with colorful patterns, and Hengzhi remembered that this was the letter from home sent from Kezhou City yesterday.

There was nothing else to say except a solitary word "An", which was his response in just a few strokes.

Kezhou.

Hengzhi became increasingly uneasy. Could something have happened in Kezhou?
In the eyes of Youbei people, Louguan is an empty city. What they fear most is not the death defense, but the rapid dispatch of troops from Kezhou Camp to reinforce after the death defense. However, if the current situation is interpreted as attacking the granaries in the rear and cutting off the food supply in the front, it is completely in line with Youbei's usual tactics.

But the problem right now is that the actual situation is just the opposite. Shi Ding and Duan Can performed an empty city plan in the Kezhou camp, but Louguan, which made You Bei think it was an empty city, was actually a solid one, and it was a counter-empty city plan.

The tower is unobstructed, so even if there is a provocation, they will not dare to attack rashly as it is early winter and snow is falling in the north.

But what about Kezhou? Once Kezhou City is breached, it would be an unexpected gain for Youbei. With an attack from both sides, Kezhou will surely be defeated.

What's more, that was his hometown, his home, his place of peace of mind, and he had a wife who sent him letters.

What should Ah-yi do?

Meng Bing also couldn't figure out the meaning of this silence, and became anxious, "Governor, why don't you say something?"

Hengzhi couldn't help but tighten his hands and grasped the sheepskin map.

"Chao Xu, is there any news from Kezhou City recently?" The piece of paper from Ah'ao was from Yanqing Tower. Hengqi had seen it when Zhang Hai sent a letter to express his gratitude.

If everything was normal, she should stay in Shui Changdong or at home every day, so why would she reply to letters in Yanqing Tower?

Chao Xu was stunned and shook his head, "Nothing unusual."

"Pass the order down." Heng Zhi stood up suddenly, "For three days, the entire army will remain motionless. If there is any provocation, do not be fooled. Those who violate the order will be executed. Ximen, follow the deployment, everything remains unchanged, and communicate in time."

Chao Xu and Meng Bing subconsciously bowed and accepted the military order. When they looked up again, the governor hurried out with great speed.
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That night, frost covered the branches and the moon was dark and silent.

A'ao had her hair tied up in a high bun and wore a neat short coat. She met Gong Sheng and Gong Yangliang at the bank of the Wu River.

The moat of Kezhou is a tributary of Wushui, which in turn originates from Wuling. It is completely reasonable to go straight to Wushui from the upstream of the moat.

"Is it necessary to dress like this?" The night was too dark, and she could barely see the master and disciple clearly until they walked in front of A'ao.

He was dressed in a pitch-black night suit, with his mouth and nose covered with a black cloth. He looked like they were cut from the same mold. He blended in with the surroundings and almost blended into the pitch-blackness of the wilderness.

"Aren't you afraid of being discovered?" Gong Sheng crouched down close to Ah's ear and said in a hollow voice, "Ah's, why did you come here alone?" Ah's helpless look at Gong Yangliang who was also crouching down obediently, walked in front to lead the way, "Too many people will attract attention? The fewer people who know about this, the better. Shopkeeper Zhang is being watched closely by Chu Qingfang, the news cannot be leaked."

Gong Sheng thought about it and it was true, and he said "oh" twice.

The three of them walked quietly through the grove, passed through a canyon, and found the col where the Wushui River branched off.

There was no light, and I didn't know what I was stepping on. It was soft, like mud.

"Be careful." Ah's body tilted, and Gong Yangliang hurriedly helped her.

Ah Yi smiled and thanked him, "Thank you, Senior Brother Gong Yang. Chu Qingfang and I are good friends. Is it not offensive to address you like this?"

It was their first acquaintance, and the impression Gong Yangliang left on A'ao was that of a kind and quiet man, whose noble temperament was not common.

Gong Yangliang's face heated up suspiciously for a moment, but fortunately it was late at night and he couldn't see clearly, so he stammered back, "No, it doesn't count, Madam Cui is polite."

He was a reserved person by nature, and he rarely saw women after following Gong Sheng for many years. It was fine for him to spend a long time with Chu Qingfang, but it was inevitable that he would be nervous when traveling with a young lady he didn't know.

Gong Sheng walked in front, listened to the conversation between the two, and smiled knowingly.

Even if Gongyang Liang does not return home to take over the Gongyang family in the future, he will still have to marry and have children. It is time for him to enter the world.

As we walked, we felt something was wrong. There was an extremely foul smell coming from us.

The smell was almost nauseating. Ah'ao frowned and stood still, with a strange sense of familiarity lingering in her heart.

"what happened?"

Gong Yangliang was behind her. When he saw someone stop, he asked hurriedly.

"This smell is the stink of a corpse." Ah'an stepped on the soft ground and cautiously stepped back. She went to the rocks and took out the fire starter from her bosom and lit it. "Brother Gongyang, come here. Sir, you too, come to the rocks."

The light in his hand probed towards the place just now.

When the surroundings were illuminated by the fire, the following scene made the three men's faces turn pale, their internal organs almost churned upside down, and they caused a disturbance in the Golden Palace.

"This... this is!" Gong Yangliang suppressed the feeling of dizziness and squeezed out a few words stiffly.

Under the flowing water, there was a soft and rotten area with some hard strips lying across it.

Like, bones?
"This is a corpse." Ah's muttered, and then refuted herself, "No, it's not a complete corpse, it's body parts."

These body parts were soaked in water for a long time, and they became larger and rotten. The rotten flesh became like mud, which was what the people had just stepped on.

"How come there are so many body parts in the river?" Gong Yangliang paused and asked with a frown.

Gong Sheng next to him didn't say anything for a long time. When he turned around, he saw that the man was lying beside the stone and vomiting.

Ah-yi covered her mouth and nose and patted his back, "Dr. Gong, you are a master of medicine, are you afraid of corpses?"

Gong Sheng vomited so much that he was speechless and raised his hand and waved it.

Gong Yangliang sighed and continued, "Master Aijie taught me and my junior sister how to use acupuncture and surgery, and he did this while talking and spitting."

Ah-yi: ...

After vomiting out all the food, Gong Sheng finally recovered. He straightened his back and panted, "Yes, that's the reason! The people in the city, especially those in the east, are the most seriously ill. They all drank this unclean water. It's unclean enough, but the rotting of corpses has made the symptoms even worse."

The threat of this sentence was so great that even A'ao and Gongyang Liang covered their lips and vomited a few times after hearing it.

"We need to hurry back and find someone to clean up the river before we stop the people from drinking this water... You two, haven't you finished vomiting yet?"

The corpse mud before our eyes, and the illnesses caused by drinking the sewage soaked in it, are so unbearable that they have long surpassed the pile of white bones.

"Let's go, let's go." Gong Sheng urged the two people from behind, "The longer the night, the more trouble there is. Human life is at stake."

The sound of the cold wind blowing the long-dried leaves on the trees, making them creak.

The three climbed down the rocks using their hands and feet and were about to run back quickly when a cold voice rang out in the mountains.

"Where to run?"

The cold blade was immediately unsheathed, making a sharp sound.

Ah's back felt a chill as the blade passed directly past her ear and got stuck in the tree trunk.

Several people appeared out of nowhere, like eerie ghosts, looking very creepy in the forest.

Ah'ao took two steps back, and the three of them stood shoulder to shoulder, almost able to hear each other's heartbeats.

"Now, what should we do now?" Gong Sheng was really scared at this time. His teeth were trembling and he was shaking so much that he could hardly speak.

What to do, it’s going to rain and people are going to be killed.

A stubborn feeling of not wanting to die here came over Ah's heart. How could she be buried in such a disgusting place?
At the same time, the familiarity of traveling through the dark jungle with Hengzhi became a shield for A'an and added to her courage.

"Run!" she shouted firmly.

(End of this chapter)