At this time, the sky had already started to turn white. Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan stood in the yard, looking up at the fire dragon that was devouring wantonly in the forest, both a little dazed.

Jiang Ning suddenly remembered: "It's that wolf."

It was golden autumn, the vegetation on the mountain had already begun to wither, and the weather was very dry. In such an environment, even a single spark could turn into a prairie fire, not to mention the wolf who rushed into it with a whole body of fire. In the mountains and forests.

The mountain fire must have been burning for a long time, and it spread from the left side. They roughly estimated that it was 500 meters long. The burned mountain was black and smoked. It looks like it has been ransacked, and it looks particularly miserable, full of desolation.

The remaining ashes of vegetation were floating all over the sky. Even Han Zhiyuan was a little dumbfounded by this scene: "What should I do?"

Given their current situation, such a big fire cannot be extinguished at all. Jiang Ning took a few steps back and took the whole burning forest into his eyes. He looked at it, pointed to the mountain that had not been burned, and said : "I remember there is a river over there."

In other words, after burning this last point, it will be gone...

In order to confirm this conjecture, the two of them went over to check under the dim light of the sky, and the continuous mountain really stopped abruptly by the river, and after the mountain fire came to an end, it gradually extinguished.

Only then did Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan return to the village. As soon as they entered the village, Han Zhiyuan immediately grabbed Jiang Ning and hid aside. There were more than one stranger in the village, at least a dozen or so. They went door to door and knocked and yelled loudly when they saw the door was closed, and went straight in if the door was wide open.

The behavior of these people was very suspicious. The two watched for a while, planning to wait for them to leave before going back to the residence.

However, until dawn, the group of people who broke into the village had no intention of leaving. Jiang Ning narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at them carefully under the light of the sky, and said hesitantly, "Why do I feel that these people look familiar?"

The sky gradually brightened, and the sun also climbed up the hill, revealing half of his lazy face, everything could be seen clearly, Jiang Ning's expression changed, those people were all dressed as soldiers, unlike the one who caught them in the city before The uniforms of the soldiers are exactly the same!

Looking at the group of soldiers chatting loudly not far away, walking around holding spears, and occasionally someone was searching the houses, Jiang Ning couldn't help but feel a little uncertain. Could it be that they are here to arrest them?

Han Zhiyuan raised his index finger at him, signaling him to stop talking, and then pulled him up and walked along the path behind the village.

However, the village is too small, and they almost ran into those soldiers several times. Fortunately, there was no danger, and the two went to the backyard of Mr. Chang's house. Within a day, the backyard wall was climbed twice, and Jiang Ning couldn't tell what was in his heart. Feeling, just feel ridiculous.

After he knocked on the door this time, Chang Gong quickly opened the door, and the two entered the room. Han Zhiyuan asked, "Does Chang Gong know what those people outside do?"

Chang Gong raised his eyelids and replied: "Investigate the cause of the forest fire. Besides, two people infected with the epidemic escaped from Suzhou City, and they must be arrested."

The hearts of both of them suddenly thumped, and it really came!

Jiang Ning calmed down, bowed to Duke Chang and said, "Please help us, Mr. Chang."

Chang Gong didn't say much, and said briefly: "Come with me."

He led the two of them into the side room. There were many books piled up in the room. It was the one they saw. Mr. Chang took out a few pages from the small box on the bookshelf, and quickly wrote on one of the pages. A few words, then folded and packed into an envelope.

The remaining page was cut in half, Chang Gong took out a chapter from the box after scribbling a few strokes on each.

The chapter was as big as half the palm of an adult, and it was covered on the two halves of the paper, and the ink pad was air-dried, and handed to Jiang Ning together with the letter, and quickly instructed: "You go down the Luoshui River and follow the trend." 280 miles, about two days' journey, you will arrive at Tongcheng, take the public inspection and pass through the city gate. After entering the city, go to Liushui Alley to find a person named Liu Liangji, and hand over the letter to him. After he reads it, he will naturally arranged for you."

After he finished speaking, he found another package, handed it to them, and said, "There are some dry food in it, which is enough to feed the hunger. You can go on your way now."

Han Zhiyuan took the package and said, "We burned the mountain, since someone came to investigate, why don't you leave with us?"

Chang Gong smiled, waved his hands, slowly put away the wooden box, and said in a tone almost sighing: "If I want to leave, I won't stay until today. People will be afraid when they get old. Forget it. Tell you what to do with all this... you go away..."

Seeing what Jiang Ning wanted to say, he turned around, put the box back under the bookshelf, and said, "Don't worry, they can't do anything to me, but if they find you here, they might as well take me back to Suzhou the city."

Jiang Ning was stunned, and suddenly remembered that according to the soldiers outside, they are now infected with the disease. If the soldiers found out, with the way they behaved involuntarily before, I am afraid that they will also take Chang Gong together. take away.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the yard. Someone came in, and then the footsteps stopped, probably seeing the blood stains all over the ground in the yard, and suddenly screamed in a low voice, and the footsteps left quickly.

Chang Gong went to the window, looked out, turned around and said, "Let's leave now."

Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan looked at each other, and had to bid farewell to Chang Gong hurriedly.

Before leaving, Mr. Chang stopped them suddenly, took out a letter with some hesitation, and said, "You... If you meet a young man named Chang Zijin in the future... please help me deliver this letter to he."

After handing over the letter, Mr. Chang seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and the energy in his bones was also vented. He turned around, and his figure became more and more stooped. He waved his hands at the two of them: "Go, go, go!" Bar……"

After the two of them bid farewell to Chang, they quietly avoided the soldiers and went down the Luoshui River. According to Chang Gong, it takes two days to walk along the Luoshui River to reach Tongcheng.

Although to the ancients, the journey of two days is not much, but for Jiang Ning and Han Zhiyuan, two genuine modern people, walking for two days and sleeping in the wilderness at night is simply miserable. Fortunately, both of them could bear it, and they gritted their teeth and endured it.

Fortunately, the weather was beautiful, the autumn sun was shining brightly during the period, and there was no rain, otherwise the situation for the two of them would have been even more difficult.

On the third day, the two of them finally arrived in Tongcheng. They breathed a sigh of relief, but when they were about to enter the city, they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the city. They stretched out their hands to the two of them, and said flatly, "Where is the public inspection?"

Han Zhiyuan took out the two halves of paper that Mr. Chang gave him, and handed it to the soldier who asked the question. In a few seconds, a stamp was hastily stamped on those two pages, and then finally handed over the "public inspection", tilted his head to the two, and motioned for them to go in: "You must leave in three days."

Han Zhiyuan took the "public inspection", pulled Jiang Ning past him, nodded, and replied in a hoarse voice on purpose: "Understood, thank you, Mr. Jun."

After finishing speaking, he lowered his bamboo hat and led Jiang Ning into Tongcheng calmly.

Tongcheng is not big, but it is estimated that it has also been affected by the plague. There are few pedestrians on the street, and against the backdrop of the desolate and fallen trees in the city, it is also a bleak scene.

Speaking of which, Jiang Ning hadn't looked at it carefully after getting the public inspection. Now he held it in his hand and looked at it carefully. Except for the first few words, the other parts of the two sheets of paper were the same, which was the most conspicuous. It is the big red badge in the center.

If Jiang Ning is not mistaken, that chapter says...

"The seal of the prefect of Suzhou City." Jiang Ning raised his head suddenly, with a strange expression: "This..."

Han Zhiyuan suddenly smiled, raised his index finger, made a shh gesture, narrowed his long and narrow eyes slightly, approached him with a smile, and lowered his voice: "Fake, at least for now."

While there was no one around, he explained to Jiang Ning: "The public inspection is like a kind of identity certificate in ancient times. Like an ID card, it is necessary to enter and leave the city. Therefore, without the help of Mr. Chang, we can't leave here at all."

Jiang Ning suddenly understood that the biggest difference between ancient times and modern times is the lag of information. Now that they enter the city with this fake "public test", unless someone deliberately checks it, it will be impossible to be discovered, at least in a short period of time.

Chang Gong's old friend lived in Liushui Lane in Tongcheng, the two of them inquired all the way, and finally found the man's residence.

"Tuk tuk tuk." There was a small knock on the door in the quiet alley.

After a while, a slightly old voice answered from inside the door: "Here we are."

Then, the wooden door opened with a creak, and an old man in gray coarse clothes stood inside the door, looking suspiciously at the two strangers wearing bamboo hats, he asked hesitantly, "Are you two..."

Jiang Ning smiled softly, bowed his hands together, and then said: "Isn't the old man Liu Gong?"

The old man nodded, although his expression was still puzzled, he still opened the door: "I am."

Han Zhiyuan went on to explain: "Little Qiao Zhuang Changgong recommended the two of us to come here."

The old man was stunned, he greeted the two with a smile: "It turned out to be him, please come in and talk."

After the two thanked each other, they followed the old man into the yard. Jiang Ning looked around. The yard was not big, and it was a very ordinary farm yard. A tree was planted against the wall. Mr. Liu led them to the table under the tree. He sat down on the stool and poured two more cups of tea from the house.

After finishing his work, Liu Gong sat down and asked the two of them, "I wonder what the two of you are doing here?"

Jiang Ning took out Mr. Chang's letter and handed it to him. Han Zhiyuan replied, "Mr. Chang has a letter. Mr. Liu will know it at a glance."

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