Brocade tears

The dormitory of the post station was pitch black, and everyone spread out their bedding in the house and lay down side by side.Sui'er was on the westernmost side, Meng Kuang was beside her, and the rest lined up to the east.The room was silent, but hardly anyone was asleep.Sui'er and Jin Yiwei are waiting for Wu Liu, Chen Danggui and Zhou Jintong who went out to look for Aduqin to return, Shen Weijing is worried about his future, Yin Genshou is worried about the whole situation and the future of his country.

I don't know how long it took, when the darkness of the sky gradually faded and the east gradually turned white, there was movement outside the station.

"Guo Tou! Brothers! Come and help!" It was Zhou Jintong's voice.

As soon as Guo Dayou sat up, he walked outside without even having time to put on his coat.Behind him, all the Jin Yiwei also got up quickly and rushed out of the house.Meng Kuang asked Sui'er not to go out first, and she also got up and left together, leaving behind Shen Weijing and Yin Genshou in the house.

Guo Dayou and all the Jin Yiwei went to the courtyard outside and saw Wu Liu, Chen Danggui, and Zhou Jintong carrying a man sweating profusely. This man had already fainted, and his body was covered in ice and snow.The three of them carried him like a dead pig, and they were too tired to straighten up.And this person was A Duqin who had been missing for a long time. At this moment, his complexion was blue, with a dead face, and it was almost impossible to distinguish his original appearance.

"How did you find him?" Guo Dayou asked.

"Brother Dang Gui's sharp eyes found him, and he fell in the snow on the side of the road." Zhou Jintong explained.

Guo Dayou hurriedly stepped forward to cut the pulse on the side of his neck, feeling that there was still a weak pulse, he immediately said:

"Hurry up and boil hot water, mix it with a large bucket of warm water, don't be too hot!"

Everyone rushed forward to help lift the man, but Guo Dayou warned: "Be careful, this guy is freezing to death, you can pick his ears and nose off with a little force! Be gentle! "

Aduqin, who fainted, was carried into the house. Guo Dayou asked everyone to cover him with a lot of bedding to keep him warm, and then the Yicheng couple, who were familiar with how to deal with frostbite, brought a large bath tub, which contained relatively cool water. Everyone lifted Aduqin into the water, and then added hot water to the bucket little by little to raise the temperature.In the end, he slowly peeled off the clothes on his body, and saw a terrifying big gash in his lower abdomen on the right side, but he forcefully scalded the gash to heal with a red-hot knife.Even Jin Yiwei couldn't help admiring this man, this A Duqin is really a man.It was probably because it was too cold, and Adulqin's abdominal injury didn't get worse. He just needed to apply some wound medicine to bandage his wound well.It's just that there must be a lot of congestion in his internal organs without thinking about it, and the knife in him must have hurt the internal organs, which requires professional doctors to deal with it.There is also a village doctor in the village where the post station is located, who can be regarded as a little bit capable, and the Yicheng couple have already gone to ask for a doctor.

Seeing A Duqin whose skin gradually turned from pale to red, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.Then everyone slowly fed him hot water and rice cereal, and finally Aduqin woke up weakly and slowly.

"You kid is really lucky, you have such a big cut in your body, and you can still lie outside all night in such a cold weather, if our people didn't find you, you wouldn't be able to see me now. "Guo Dayou stood beside his bathtub and said jokingly.

"You... who are you..." A Duqin asked weakly and nervously in his broken Chinese.

"Don't worry kid, I won't go to such great lengths to save you if I'm going against you." Guo Dayou muttered displeasedly.

"Aduqin, do you still know me?" Sui'er stood up from behind Guo Dayou, and Meng Kuang was still standing beside her.When A Duqin saw them, the tense expression on his face finally eased.

The guards in Jinyi were really exhausted in order to save A Duqin. It was almost noon on November [-]th after all this tossing.Guo Dayou had already sent other people to other rooms to catch up on sleep and rest, but he himself continued to stay by Aduqin's side and watch him tirelessly. Meng Kuang and Sui'er also came to accompany him afterward.At this time, Aduqin's tub had been moved to the stove at the back of the house.

"Li Sui'er, Meng Shisan, of course I know you." A Duqin said.

"Your adoptive father and Zhuyan are still in Jiulian City. They belong to the second echelon, and we are the first echelon. The mission is to enter Pyongyang and trap Zhang Yunxiu. We know that you were sent by your adoptive father to follow Zhang Yunxiu. Let's talk about what happened? Why did you come to this point." Sui'er spoke softly, and also calmed down A Duqin's slightly anxious mood.He took a deep breath, and then tried to explain in his unproficient Chinese:

"I was discovered. I don't know if I was careless or the other party was too smart. I followed the Jurchens and Zhang Yunxiu from the Heishanling in the east of Guangning City, and they never found me. They ran eastward from Guangning When I arrived at Fushun Guanxi, I followed along. I wanted to leave a mark, but I was accidentally discovered by a group of Fushun Guan patrol troops who appeared out of nowhere. They insisted on arresting me. I escaped their arrest, but still I was chased. I have no way to draw the mark since then, otherwise the pursuers behind me will also find out. But I have not cut off the traces of Zhang Yunxiu and the Jurchens at that time. They did not enter Fushun Pass, but in the They headed south directly outside Fushun Pass. But they must have done something at Fushun Pass, otherwise they wouldn't have stayed here for half a day.

I tracked down to a location south of Raven's Pass and north of Kuandien, and I was ambushed.It was a masked man in black, I knew he was a Jurchen, I saw his braids.This man is very good at punching and kicking. I have never fought him before, but he stabbed me in the abdomen in the end.I ran away holding my wound, and he chased me behind.I managed to hide in Fort Kuandian, sealed my wounds with my knife, and escaped from Fort Kuandian, but he eventually caught up to me.At that time, I fled to the Yalu River in a panic, and there was no way to escape. In order to get rid of him, I ventured into the water, and then I was washed all the way to North Korea along the river.I was already delirious at the time, and I simply recognized the south, so I went south. "

"Because you know Zhang Yunxiu is going to Pyongyang?" Guo Dayou asked.

A Duqin nodded weakly, and said:

"Just outside Fushun Pass, the night before I was discovered by patrol soldiers outside Fushun Pass. I am lying in ambush outside Zhang Yunxiu and the Jurchens' resting teams. Two Jurchens in two teams came out to urinate wildly. I leaned nearby and listened It’s their conversation. They speak Jurchen language, but I can understand it. They complain that they have been running around, and they have been busy for more than half a year, but they have not achieved anything. Now they have to take the risk of going to Pyongyang to contact Japanese pirates. They have 1 hearts unwilling."

Guo Dayou exchanged glances with Meng Kuang and Sui Er, and then Guo Dayou asked again:

"Besides that they are going to Pyongyang, have you heard other information?"

A Duqin thought for a while, and said slowly:

"I don't know if that's what I thought... The two Jurchens mentioned that Shuerhaqi had been carrying a long and thin wooden cylinder, and there should be a picture hidden in it. They said that the picture was priceless , in exchange for Japanese pirates helping Jianzhou to destroy Haixi, and even Li Chengliang in exchange for the development opportunity that Liaodong will not suppress Jianzhou for 20 years. But they also said that this picture is not complete, but even if it is only incomplete The picture is also enough to bring a great opportunity that Jianzhou Jurchen has not had for hundreds of years, and they may be able to take control of the Central Plains. I guess... maybe the wooden tube is part of the picture of thousands of beasts and flowers interpreted by Zhang Yunxiu. This time Zhang Yunxiu went to Pyongyang intends to exchange interests with Japanese pirates."

This information is not new information. In fact, Guo Dayou and others have already speculated about it, and Aduqin only indirectly confirmed their guess——Zhang Yunxiu deciphered the part of the Liaodong area in the picture of thousands of beasts and flowers, and Using this as a bargaining chip, he has the ability to negotiate a deal with the Liaodong overlord Li.However, Guo Dayou still found a detail:

"You said that Shu Erhaqi kept memorizing that picture? Where's Zhang Yunxiu?"

"This picture should have been kept by Shuerhaqi. After all, Zhang Yunxiu is powerless, so it may be dangerous to let him keep it. And I followed their team from a distance, and I also observed Zhang Yunxiu, he didn't carry any wooden cylinder on his back." A Duqin said.

"Didn't you observe Shuerhaqi? Does he have a wooden barrel on his back?"

"This... I really didn't care about it. I didn't seem to have it before, but Shuerhaqi's subordinates did say that that night..." Aduqin was confused by Guo Dayou's question, and tried to recall.

Guo Dayou patted Aduqin, asked him to get out of the tub, put on his clothes and have a good rest, and told the Yicheng couple who were waiting outside the kitchen to take good care of Aduqin.Then he led Sui Er and Meng Kuang out of the station, found a secluded place in the corner outside the courtyard wall, and said softly:

"I'm wondering about one thing now, whether Zhang Yunxiu is deliberately deceiving us."

"You mean, they knew that A Duqin was following them, so they deliberately lied to him about the picture of beasts and flowers, and made us think he was going to Pyongyang?" Sui'er said.

Meng Kuang and Sui Er actually felt the same way.

"Yes, I guess that the so-called wooden cylinder for painting does not actually exist, because Aduqin did not see it with his own eyes. Before Zhang Yunxiu fled from outside Guangning City, he was with us all the time. It is clear that he did not bring any blueprints with him, and neither did his accomplice Jiang Yunping. If this picture exists, then it must have been brought in by Shuerhaqi and his party from outside the customs, but if Shuerhaqi had brought such a wooden cylinder with him at that time , when they enter the customs, they must be inspected, and this picture will be found. Unless there is an internal response, they will not take this risk to bring the picture into the customs. After leaving the customs and entering North Korea, we must hope that he will tell the news to our people in North Korea. Maybe they have not left the customs and entered North Korea. At least all the border guards have not had any I found out. I don’t think all the defenders of Liaodong can be their internal agents, they are too supernatural.” Guo Dayou thought while twisting his beard.

"This is a cover-up... He must be plotting something elsewhere, so we need to divert our attention." Meng Kuang frowned.

Sui'er said: "I have a guess... Zhang Yunxiu's collusion with Wang Daoming must have a plan. Judging from the current situation, if he goes to Pyongyang to exchange with the Xiaoxixing Changjun stationed in Pyongyang, it will be risky. It's bigger, because the Ming army is about to attack, and Xiaoxi's army may be difficult to resist. If Xiaoxi dies in the battle, his plan will come to nothing. Zhang Yunxiu still has the vision to see through the war situation. Therefore, he may To find a more suitable cooperation partner, maybe Wang Daoming and Shimadzu Yoshihiro. He drew our attention to Pyongyang, but actually rushed to the place where the Shimadzu Army is located to complete the deal. But right now they are going out It is also very difficult to pass, unless they have the ability to sneak into the Ming army and enter North Korea with the Ming army, but I think it is unlikely. If he cannot enter North Korea, he will have no way to contact Wang Daoming and Shimadzu who are in North Korea Yoshihiro, and he diverted our attention, maybe he..."

"Are you plotting to have direct contact with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he's going to sea to Japan?" Guo Dayou continued Sui'er's words.

"It seems that we need to contact the navy and pay attention to the port where the Yalu River enters the sea." Meng Kuang said in a deep voice.