Chapter 29
Early in the morning, the city gates of Chang Yuan City were wide open, and countless commoners in plain clothes walked out of the city gates.
Some of them were carrying axes and hatchets, while others were pushing wheelbarrows. After being interrogated by the local guards, they showed their travel passes and were allowed to pass.
A few other young soldiers even kindly reminded him not to go too far away from the city gate and be careful of the Qin army.
Outside the city, at a tea stall.
An old woman picked up the bowl of soup with trembling hands. After looking around with her blurry old eyes, she picked up a piece of cooked cake with some difficulty and put it into her mouth.
Beside the old woman was an old man carrying a stretcher specially used to carry firewood.
The old man's bowl was already empty. He was holding the bowl and drinking the free cold water provided by the shop owner.
The old woman ate very slowly and waited for nearly an hour before she finished her meal. The impatient old man carefully took out three big coins from his cloth bag and handed them to the owner of the tea stall after the old woman finished eating. Then, he walked out of the tea stall with the old woman and walked in the direction where people were going.
……
At noon, the warm sunlight finally dispelled the meaning of late autumn.
In the autumn wind, people began to enter the city one after another. At this moment, an old voice suddenly shouted,"
"Thief…Thief…"
Zhao Jun, who was guarding the city gate, subconsciously looked over and saw an old man carrying a bag full of firewood panting. Behind him was an old woman with a muddy face who kept patting the other party's back.
Zhao Jun thought for a moment and walked over.
"Old man, where is the thief?"
"In…in…in…"
The old man gasped for a long time before his eyes rolled back and he almost fainted.
"Old man! Old man!"
The old woman was shocked, and the Zhao soldiers looked at each other. A strong soldier immediately cut the rope on the old woman's shoulder and carried her into the city.
"General…General, I…I…"
The old woman seemed to be frightened. She had only spoken a few words when she immediately fell down in a daze.
When the Zhao soldier saw this, he simply carried the old woman on his back and ran towards the city gate.
The general of the Zhao army, who saw all this, waved his hand. Immediately, two more people went to the city gate to continue checking the pass.
……
Huichun Hall.
The old doctor had just finished boiling the medicine and came to the patient's room to take a look…The old man who was originally lying on the two beds had disappeared without a trace.
"This is…you've recovered?"
……
"Old man, this Changyuan garrison is not bad.”
At a tea stall in the city, an old woman took a sip of water and said in a low voice.
The old man nodded."
"Yes, I am. It could be seen that Li Tan was also a general who loved his people like his own children.”
"Yes, seeing that the people were in trouble, he left his post without permission to come and help, and the general had no objections. When we were sent to the clinic, the soldier said that if the medical fees were not enough, we could come to the chief official's residence to settle the bill. The people of Chang Yuan City lived and worked in peace and contentment. It seemed that the city did not lack food and drink. The army was indeed well managed.”
The two of them spoke in extremely low voices, and their expressions seemed to be like an old couple chatting. No one cared at all. However, if the contents of their conversation were heard by others, they would probably be so shocked that they would be speechless.
That's right, these two people were Yun Zong and Yu Lan.
At this moment, after hearing the words of the old woman disguised as Yu Lan, Yun Zong did not say anything. He only trembled as he drank the tea (water) in his bowl.
However, when Yu Lan saw that there was no reaction, she could not help but ask again,
"Old man, then we still have to…"
"Yes."
Yun Zong slowly put down his teacup.
"He is a good general. Although I don't know how he uses troops, he loves his people like his own son and has strict military discipline. "However, he is for Zhao, and I am for Qin. Our positions are different, and what he can do, Great Qin can do as well. There's no need to trouble others."
"…Old man, sometimes you really make people feel a chill down their spines…sigh.”
"If you don't want to, I'll go myself."
Hearing the old man's words, the old woman smiled. Then, she gently held the mottled hand in the old man's hand.
"Old man, what nonsense are you talking about? I've already accompanied you for a lifetime, and now you want to divorce your wife?”
His voice was a little loud, which made the other customers cast sidelong glances at him.
When they saw the elderly couple, they couldn't help but smile.
……
Night fell in the city.
"The soldier told the doctor that if we can't afford the medicine, we can ask the doctor to get it from the chief official's residence. Presumably, Li Tan was in the official residence. Let's go and check it out first."
"Alright."
The old man and the old woman slowly walked into the depths of the alley.
……
At the entrance of the Official Residence, Yun Zong looked at the heavily-guarded Official Residence in the dark shadows and gave Yu Lan a look.
Yu Lan was stunned for a moment.
"…What? Could it be that Lord Lieutenant wants a weak woman like me to go?”
Yun Zong nodded.
"If I knew qinggong, I would go. But I won't, so I can only rely on you.”
"…You don't know qinggong?"
Yu Lan was speechless as she looked at Yun Zong, who nodded sincerely.
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