This torrential rain lasted for a whole day and night. On the third day, the weather gradually cleared up, and the originally sluggish market began to be bustling again. Jiang Ning stood on the upper floor of the inn, looked around, and then went out. He had just left the room. Gu Hongyun's cat came over when he heard the sound, jumped up lightly, and ran onto his shoulder in a familiar way, lay down and dozed off, as if sleeping on Jiang Ning's shoulder would be more comfortable.

Jiang Ning didn't bother him, and went downstairs. More than a dozen caravan followers were drinking tea in the lobby. When they saw him coming down, they greeted him one after another. Jiang Ning said, "How are you resting these few days?"

Everyone said it was okay, thank you shopkeeper Jiang, someone jokingly said that it has been raining for the past few days, and people are so boring that they will mold if they stay in the inn.

Jiang Ning smiled slightly: "In this case, the rain has stopped today, let's do something not boring, let's exercise our muscles."

He asked people to move the wine to the entrance of the market, where there was a notice board on the left and the city wall on the right. A wooden shelf was set up under the city wall, and all the wine was put on it. There is a sign, which states that soldiers who buy wine do not need to spend money.

Jiang Ning's actions were quite conspicuous in the market, and it was at the entrance of the market, so it attracted many onlookers.

After all the preparations were done, Jiang Ning asked someone to bring out a large wine urn. After the seal was uncovered, the strong aroma of the wine came out. The audience couldn't help but take a deep breath, thinking that the aroma of the wine was very special , the aroma is strong, and the wine worms that attract people are about to crawl out.

The man who had a good drink immediately asked, "How much is this wine worth?"

Jiang Ning replied with a smile: "Twenty cents a bucket."

Someone else asked: "Is what is written on this wooden sign true? Soldiers don't need wine money to buy wine?"

Jiang Ning said: "Anyone who proves that he is a soldier will be given a jar of wine without money."

As he spoke, he pointed to the pile of fist-sized wine jars beside him, and someone couldn't help muttering, "This jar is too small."

Hearing this, Jiang Ning laughed, cupped his hands at the muttering person, and said gently: "Guest is joking, I am just a small businessman with not much capital, and I need to support my family. Besides, this is just a small business, but I feel grateful to the soldiers at the frontier who fought bloody battles every day to defend their homeland. They prepared some cheap water and wine, just to express their feelings. People often say that sending goose feathers from thousands of miles means that gifts are light and affection is heavy. If one day in the future, I become a big business, this Wine must always be given free to the soldiers."

After hearing these words, everyone couldn't help but praise, the person who was muttering before fell silent, and Jiang Ning said again: "If you are interested in this wine, you can all have a taste."

As he spoke, he asked his attendants to fetch bowls and began to share the wine. When everyone saw them, they all rushed forward. Those who drank the wine praised each other, and those who didn't drink the wine stretched their necks to look inside. Xia Tian squeezed out a whole body of sweat.

Because there were too many people buying wine, all the wine brought by Jiang Ning was sold out within a morning, and occasionally a soldier came to collect the wine. When Jiang Ning was picking up the wine, he asked, "Where are you soldiers from? "

The man replied, "It's the defenders of Shahe City."

Jiang Ning thought for a while, and after asking his name, he gave him the wine and asked casually, "Are there any soldiers from the Shaheguan barracks here?"

The soldier took the wine and replied: "Soldiers from Shahe Pass will come here occasionally, but they only have a chance to leave the camp about once a month."

Jiang Ning heard the news, nodded, thanked him, and the soldier was about to leave again, Jiang Ning stopped him: "Master Jun, I have a small favor here, please help me."

The soldier held the wine and was happy, so he waited patiently. Jiang Ning took out a portrait and asked him, "Master Jun, have you seen the person in the portrait?"

The soldier looked at it and shook his head: "No."

Jiang Ning took the painting and said with a slight smile, "Master, please."

Throughout the morning, not many soldiers came, but the news they asked was similar. Jiang Ning learned that the management of the Shaheguan Barracks is much stricter than that of Shahe City. At least the soldiers in the camp cannot come out at will. There is also a time limit. They only have one day to go out each time, and they must return to camp no later than [-] pm. The last time they left camp was on the [-]th of last month.

Jiang Ning did the math, it is now August [-]th, if the information is correct, there are still five days before the soldiers from the Shaheguan barracks come out.

It was only five days, Jiang Ning silently said this sentence back and forth several times in his heart, suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and began to clean up the wine jars.

After he put away the wine bowl, he gave it to his followers. When he raised his eyes, he saw Gu Hongyun standing not far away, looking this way. Endgame, helplessly shaking his head and laughing: "You are really... persevering."

Jiang Ning was silent, and Gu Hongyun couldn't help asking: "Is it really so important? What if your brother hasn't left the camp after five days?"

Hearing what he said, Jiang Ning couldn't help but smiled, and replied: "Brother Gu also said, it's just in case, but even in this case, I have to try hard, in case he really leaves the camp ?”

Gu Hongyun stopped answering, and was silent for a while, before asking, "What kind of person is your brother?"

Jiang Ning paused, lowered his head and wiped the splashed wine on the back of his hand, and then replied: "He is... a very good person."

He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't know how to describe Han Zhiyuan. That person had already been deeply engraved in his heart, and he was as familiar as his left and right hands. This question was like a person who was asked suddenly, you How many lines are the same in the palm of your hand?

Besides, the Han Zhiyuan in my own eyes is probably very different from the Han Zhiyuan in the eyes of others.

The morning passed like this, and in the afternoon, Jiang Ning was still selling wine at the gate of the market. Perhaps he was told by other soldiers that more and more soldiers came to receive free wine.

However, a whole day passed, and Jiang Ning did not hear from Han Zhiyuan. In the evening, all the people in the market dispersed. He packed up his things and went back to the inn.

When entering the house, Gu Hongyun's cat didn't come out. Jiang Ning couldn't help being a little surprised. The cat has been very clingy to him for the past few days. As long as there is a slight movement here, even if the door is only opened, it can follow the sound.

He looked at the next room in surprise, there was no light in it, it was dark, Gu Hongyun seemed to have not come back, he hesitated at the door for a while, and was about to leave.

As soon as he turned around, he saw a figure standing quietly behind him. Jiang Ning was startled, and took a step back suddenly. With the dim light of the lantern at the side, he saw half of the man's face clearly. He said: : "Brother Gu?"

It was indeed Gu Hongyun, but for some reason, his mood seemed to be very bad, and his whole body's aura changed. It was completely different from before. The parrot nestled quietly in his arms, closed his eyes slightly, and occasionally rubbed against Gu Hongyun. arm, head tilted to doze off.

Gu Hongyun didn't seem to want to talk, so he answered briefly, then walked across Jiang Ning, stretched out his hand to push open the door, and entered. After a while, the lights in the room were still not lit.

Jiang Ning felt a little strange, but he didn't worry too much about it. After all, everyone has their own affairs.

He turned around and went back to his room. After washing, he found a few chairs from the room and placed them in front of the bed one by one. Since Han Zhiyuan left, his problem of falling out of bed began to happen again.

Jiang Ning blew on the oil lamp, lay on the bed to feel sleepy, and thought carefully about how to get news from Han Zhiyuan.

After about ten minutes, there was a sudden sound from the next door, like the sound of something like a stool falling to the ground, and then there was a soft cat meowing.

Jiang Ning immediately sat up from the bed and listened carefully. After a while, there was another clattering sound from the next room, occasionally mixed with the crisp sound of porcelain falling to the ground, and the cat meowed a few more times.

Jiang Ning casually pulled off his clothes and put them on, turned over and got off the bed, lit the oil lamp, went to knock on Gu Hongyun's door, and said, "Brother Gu?"

The door was still dark and silent, Gu Hongyun didn't answer, Jiang Ning frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, then continued to knock on the door: "Brother Gu? Are you okay?"

After a while, Gu Hongyun's voice came through the door, depressing and indifferent: "I'm fine, go to sleep."

Jiang Ning frowned, thought for a while, and said, "If Brother Gu needs help, please let me know."

There was no sound in the room, and I don't know if Gu Hongyun heard it. Jiang Ning stood at the door for a while, but he didn't hear anything, so he held up the oil lamp and was about to leave. Just as he turned around, he heard the door of the room opened, and Gu Hongyun appeared in the room. Behind the door, he whispered, "Jiang Ning, do you have any wine?"

Jiang Ning turned around, the dim light illuminated Gu Hongyun's face, his face was clearly tired, although he was talking to Jiang Ning, but his eyes were half closed, slightly lowered, not looking at Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning nodded: "Yes, it's downstairs, I'll go get an altar."

Gu Hongyun said in a low voice, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Jiang Ning was wearing clothes, holding an oil lamp, and went downstairs to get a jar of wine from the storeroom. Gu Hongyun moved away slightly and said, "I was the one who was rude, please come in."

Even though it was mid-August, the weather in the north had already cooled down, especially at night, when Jiang Ning entered the room, the dim candlelight slowly illuminated the room. There was an inexplicable feeling of suffocation. The floor of the room was in a mess, as if it had been ransacked. The stools and chairs fell all over the floor. Except for the bed and table, other utensils in the whole room were not spared.

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