fluttering night wind

Although the Yan army retreated, the city was in a mess, everyone was busy cleaning up the aftermath, and it was only at midnight that they had a little time to gather in the White Mansion.

Sun Jiren and Bai Yanfeng stood guard outside, Ah Rong came to bring tea, Sun Jiren wanted to let him in, but Bai Yanfeng was more considerate, reached out to take it, and brought it in instead of him.

In the small room, sat Bai Yansheng, Meng Ziying, Sun Shuye, Yang Nandang, and a pretty Li Xiangnan, wandering around curiously.Bai Yansheng coughed, and Meng Ziying was quite embarrassed, and said to Li Xiangnan with a slightly sullen expression: "Everyone, this is Li Xiangnan, my junior sister from the same school, Xiangnan, you still don't come to see the ceremony."

Li Xiangnan was fifteen or sixteen years old, but he was self-financed. He was amiable in appearance and straightforward in nature. When he walked over, he didn't hold his knees together as a gesture of courtesy, but he clasped his fists in all directions with a big smile on his face, and he was not afraid of life.

Bai Yansheng looked at Meng Ziying with a smile, and said to Li Xiangnan: "Thank you Miss Li today, Miss Li's battle drum is really extraordinary."

Li Xiangnan then waved his hands and put on a show: "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it."

Meng Ziying saw that she was ignorant of modesty, funny and angry, and said, "Xiangnan, why did you come here? Does Mr. Wu San know? Did you sneak out of Xiangyu Tower?"

He asked a series of questions, Li Xiangnan rolled his eyes, yawned a few times, and walked out while yawning: "I'm exhausted, brother Ziying, I'm going to sleep."

"You", Meng Ziying was about to get angry, but was stopped by Bai Yan's voice, and said: "Forget it, forget it, come here, talk about it tomorrow." While ordering Bai Yanfeng to take her to Zhao Wan's place, he remembered something again, He said casually: "Miss Xiangnan, thank you for the arrow at the top of the wall, otherwise I would have killed Xu Kuang today."

Li Xiangnan had already walked out of the house, but after hearing this, he turned back and said, "I have never shot an arrow before, and I have always been bad at shooting arrows."

Bai Yansheng was taken aback, and said: "Then who else is in the city?"

Li Xiangnan looked up at the sky and thought for a while: "You also saw it later on the top of the city. They were either dead or injured. I'm afraid there are not many people who can pull the bow. I didn't pay attention when I was beating the drums. Why don't you go and ask?" Ask who shot it?"

She spoke no matter how big or small, no distinction was made between superiority and inferiority, Meng Ziying rolled her eyes angrily, and wanted to scold her, but the girl slipped away immediately when she saw that his face was not good.

Bai Yansheng didn't care much, turned back to Yang Nandang, said solemnly: "I've heard from Shuye just now, thank you General Yang for your help this time. How did General Yang escape from danger? Did he come from Yongjing?"

The middle-aged man was washed clean, wearing a gray cloth robe, with a Chinese character face, slender eyebrows, clean and refreshing, with traces of prison on his face, and told his story with a faint smile.It turned out that he was rescued just before his execution. The person who rescued him claimed his surname was Qu. He originally wanted to go to Zhongzhou, but he heard that Lu Zhe had rebelled, and later he heard that the Xianbei army besieged Xuzhou, so he finally decided to go to Xuzhou. The sound of white geese. "Don't worry, General Bai. I will only stay here until the barbarians retreat, and I won't show my true colors when I go out. In short, I won't cause trouble for General Bai. If the general is still worried, it doesn't matter if I leave the city immediately."

The remaining three people looked sideways at each other, asking Qu Chengfeng to rescue Yang Nan was their plan when they left Yongjing, but they didn't expect Qu Chengfeng to do it, it is really not to be underestimated.Bai Yansheng's eyes were warm, and his tone was soft: "General Yang is out of sight. General Yang doesn't realize that our place is shabby, and Qu Jie came here, it is the glory of Yansheng and everyone. From then on, we will attack the barbarians in the north and save lives and save lives." It is even more powerful. The general is in my day, and I will definitely keep the general safe."

Yang Nandang nodded slightly, he already understood that the person who saved him and the person in front of him should be on the same path.

Bai Yansheng wanted to ask Yang Nandang for advice on how to defeat the enemy, but suddenly Sun Jiren led the housekeeper of Xie's house to visit, saying that it was Miss Xie who asked Bai Yansheng to visit the house by name.Sun Shuye couldn't help smiling knowingly, Yang Nan didn't know where he came from, but Meng Ziying's face suddenly seemed to be covered with three catties of frost.

Although Xie Kun left, he left behind a hot potato, Bai Yansheng had no choice but to follow.Mencius left in a bad mood, and Sun Jiren took Yang Nandang to rest.When I came back, I saw my brother was still standing by the window, and when I walked over to touch his body, it was cold.Asked: "Why doesn't the suzerain rest?"

Sun Shuye looked only at the starry sky, pointed to the sky and said, "The sky is different tonight."

Sun Jiren looked towards the southeast sky in the direction of his finger, and saw a crescent moon floating in the blue sky, so he said: "There is no abnormal phenomenon, the moon is brighter than usual."

Sun Shuye said: "Look carefully around the moon again."

Sun Jiren looked again with eyes as big as copper bells. Not far from the upper right of the moon is the gentle and bright Zhenxing (Saturn), and the dazzling Qiming (Venus) is at the lower left.Zhenxing is charming, Qiming is bright, and the double stars embrace the moon, reflecting each other.Sun Jiren suddenly realized: "So it's this time, the Taibai Star (Venus) has come out, and the sky is almost dawn."

Sun Shuye was speechless for a while. His clan brother is very nervous, so it is better to speak briefly: "This celestial phenomenon of twin stars holding the moon has appeared several times this year. The farther you go north, the brighter the morning star. Do you remember that just now?" My lord said that when he was fighting Xu Kuang, someone shot feathered arrows from the top of the city to help him."

Sun Jiren scratched his hair and said blankly: "Qiming is in the northeast, so of course it is getting brighter and brighter. General Bai said that someone helped him, maybe it's because the arrow just hit it."

Sun Shuye squinted at him with phoenix eyes, and Sun Jiren said with a silly smile: "I don't understand the theory of prophecy that the suzerain said, but I can guess the general meaning. It means that General Bai is the moon, and then he is supported by stars, right?"

Only then did Sun Shuye show a teachable expression. Seeing him turn his eyes to the sky again, Sun Jiren asked, "Then who is Zhenxing, and who is Qiming?"

Sun Shuye pursed his lips and smiled with an unpredictable expression.

Besides, when Bai Yansheng arrived at Xie's mansion, he followed the butler through the zigzagging courtyard buildings, wondering if he was heading towards Beiming Hall as usual.When I arrived at a very deep courtyard, I saw a platform surrounded by plum trees, a secluded courtyard with bamboo storage, and two-story embroidered buildings were brightly lit, but there was no one in sight.

The housekeeper bowed and said, "General Bai, please go in, my lady is inside."

Bai Yan couldn't hear the sound clearly and was stunned for a moment, but when he came back to his senses, the butler had already gone far away.There is no one in the middle of the night, so it is not suitable to make loud noises here, so I had to bite the bullet and walk into the embroidery building.There are not many decorations in the inner room, but it is very elegant. The sound of white geese stands still in the hall, the sound of the ring is close, and the fragrance of orchid musk is strong. A beautiful woman in a costume comes out from the inside.

There was no one on the left or right, Bai Yansheng shifted his eyes slightly, stood at the door and said softly: "Miss Xie, this is not in line with etiquette, and it may damage your reputation."

Xie Lianbi's face was serious, with worry in the corners of his eyes, looking at the young man in military uniform, he also said softly: "What I have said to the general should not be shared with outsiders. I don't care if the reputation is clear or not."

Bai Yansheng's heart skipped a beat, he didn't know what she was talking about, as the saying goes, death from starvation is a minor issue, but injustice is a major issue, even this can be ignored.

Xie Lianbi kept walking around the room, both of them were speechless, Bai Yan felt that her steps were chaotic, as if there was an extremely fierce struggle in her heart, when she was about to speak, she broke the silence first: "General Bai knows that there are people in Xuzhou city. Rumors about you."

Bai Yan asked: "What rumors?"

Xie Lianbi stopped, stood on his side to observe, and said softly, "The general didn't follow my father out of the city that day, but stayed behind. He has other plans."

"What's the picture?" Bai Yansheng also narrowed his eyes when he heard the words.

Xie Lianbi stared at him closely and said, "It is said that the general planned to transfer my father away in order to find an opportunity to dedicate the city to the Yan army."

Bai Yansheng raised his eyebrows, and asked rhetorically: "No one else knows why Mr. Xie left the city, but doesn't Miss know?"

Xie Lianbi also reacted quickly, saying: "Although I know it, but the general is trapped in the city and the number of soldiers is few, so it may not be rebellious. Lu Che and Xu Kuang have lessons from the past."

With open eyes, Bai Yansheng said with a sneer, "It turns out that Miss is here today to inquire about the crime."

Xie Lianbi stood there stiffly and was silent again.It took a while to hear the sound of the white geese before she let out a soft sigh, as soft as a feather sweeping across her cheeks. She changed her tone and said softly: "General Bai, I just offended you. I am not usually like this. It's just that the world has changed, and people's hearts have changed." It's the same, I have to be on guard. Can General Bai tell me one thing to make me believe you."

Bai Yansheng had no choice but to look at her squarely now. The woman had a graceful appearance, and the uneasiness in her eyes, which looked like she would be crushed at any time, made him feel sorry for him, and he was very curious, what made this clever woman in a dilemma As a result, the beauty faded.

Xie Lianbi saw that he was looking straight at him, as if he was looking at another person through himself, and slowly said: "Miss Xie, I have a twin sister, if she is still alive, she will be about the same age as you. If you want to ask Where is she now, I can only tell you that she starved to death in this troubled world in order to keep my two younger brothers alive. It is my life’s regret that a man raised a thousand troops and went to death, but he couldn’t save his only sister,” he said. I can't help but choke up here.

Xie Lianbi lowered his eyelashes and said in a low voice: "General, please follow me."She took Bai Yansheng up to the second floor, and the East Wing was arranged like a study. Before Bai Yansheng could take a closer look, Xie Lianbi took out a wooden box the size of a jewelry box from the hidden compartment of the ancient shelf, opened the small lock, and took out a pan The yellow piece of paper was handed to him.There were many zigzag lines drawn on it, mixed with incomprehensible symbols, Bai Yansheng looked up at her in puzzlement.

Xie Lianbi said softly: "My father likes to collect books. This fell out of one of his Buddhist scriptures. Take a closer look to see if you have any impression."

Bai Yansheng looked down at the piece of paper again, but he felt a little familiar, but he didn't know where to start.Xie Lianbi said: "The general guards Xuzhou City day and night, didn't he realize that this map shows the topography of Xuzhou City." She took another map of Xuzhou from the bookshelf and spread it on the table.Bai Yansheng compared the hatchback and suddenly became enlightened.

Xie Lianbi walked to his side, Qianqianyu pointed to the piece of paper, and said: "The bright line draws the street, which is not bad, and the dotted line draws the dark river here, and this is the military path."

Bai Yansheng's eyes were full of surprise, he suddenly raised his head and said solemnly: "How do you know this? Why do you have this picture? Master Xie, do you know?"

Xie Lianbi looked at him without blinking: "I once heard from the villagers here that Buddhist scriptures were first introduced to the Central Plains in Pengcheng. A hundred years ago, a Hu monk came from the west. When I was in Yizhi, I asked him to be responsible for the construction, so maybe I left this sketch and mixed it in the Buddhist scriptures. When I was six years old, my family expanded the garden and dug a section of tunnel. At that time, my father thought it was set up by rich families to avoid thieves. , I didn't care about it, and let people bury the matter. These days after my father left, I was tidying up things, and I just remembered this old incident."

Bai Yansheng's gaze lingered on her body, as if considering the weight of her words, and at the same time understood why she made so many temptations and made things difficult just now, there must be secret ways to get out of the city.She was afraid that this picture would fall into the wrong hands, and the Yan army would break through the city just around the corner.

The distance between the two was only two steps away, and once the unhappiness in his heart dissipated, he could even see the red blood on Xie Lianbi's face, and his eyelashes seemed to be clearly countable.

Xie Lianbi felt that his gaze was too presumptuous, so he had to lower his head and grit his teeth, before he could scold him, he only heard him say: "Miss Xie, I don't understand one thing, why didn't you go with Master Xie that day, and you decided to stay here?"

Xie Lianbi said strangely: "Don't you know that my family has been operating here for decades, if I leave with my father, people's hearts in Xuzhou City will be in chaos for a moment, why should someone else come to attack the city, and I will be defeated first. My little girl really can't do it." I can't bear to see my father's painstaking efforts ruined in one go, and the world's infamy is rolling in."

A thought suddenly popped up in Bai Yansheng's mind, this woman actually has the demeanor of a mother.He put the piece of paper into his arms, cupped his fists to Xie Lianbi and said, "Thank you, I accept Miss's kindness for the people of Xuzhou. It is inconvenient to stay late at night, so I will take my leave."

The two went down the embroidered building one after another. Bai Yansheng hesitated on the steps and said in a low voice: "My sister has a wish, she wants an era where women are no longer lifeless." After he finished speaking, his figure hurried away. Disappeared in the night.

And Xie Lianbi was still staring at the jade steps.

After returning to the General's Mansion, he had to disturb everyone again. Seeing this picture, Sun Shuye couldn't help sighing, "Heaven will not kill me." Although Mencius was hesitant, she nodded again and again, and Yang Nandang was distracted for a while.Hearing Bai Yan's voice calling him, Fang turned around and said: "General Bai, I have an idea, maybe we can solve the predicament of Xuzhou and Yongjing in an instant."

Everyone cheered up and looked at him with burning eyes.

Yang Nandang felt that his words were exaggerated, so he said modestly: "I am talking nonsense."

Bai Yansheng hurriedly encouraged: "General Yang might as well talk about it."

Yang Nandang also felt uncomfortable, thought for a while, and said: "When I came out of Yongjing, I encountered the Yan army and mixed with the Hulu. I heard a news that the Emperor Yan Murongde is currently in charge of the army in Youzhou. I think if..."

"Surround Wei and save Zhao!" Before he finished speaking, Sun Shuye and Meng Ziying shouted together.

Bai Yansheng's eyes flashed, and his whole face became excited.Youzhou is only a hundred miles away from here. If you can march quietly, once the soldiers approach the city and capture the enemy's head, needless to say, even if you can't be surrounded by Emperor Yan and order the four sides to come back for help, you can relieve your urgent need.

He thought of this and repeatedly called Ah Rong to add fuel and light, and plan well.Unexpectedly, I shouted a few times, but no one responded.

In the middle of the night, a black shadow jumped down from the high wall of Xuzhou City, stood still on the yellow ground, glanced back at the city gate, and ran towards the Xianbei barracks.

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