Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Yang Huang definitely didn't stay at their house for so long just for lunch.

I am afraid that only Yang Huang had the most comfortable meal during this meal. There was no such delicious food in the barracks. While everyone was guessing his purpose, he seemed to have discovered nothing and ate two large bowls of wheat, beans and rice and several large pancakes. "Sure enough, the food at home is delicious."

After lunch, Yang Huang stretched out, feeling a little sleepy after eating and drinking enough.

"Li Changji, come with me to the study." Faced with his sudden words, everyone except Li Changji and Xu Qing were stunned. They didn't know what Yang Huang meant by "you", and then they saw Li Changji handed the Tuan Lang to Li Aniang and pulled his wife to stand up.

Li Aniang hugged Tuan Lang: "This, this, this... what does this have to do with Qing Niang?"

Father Li frowned and reassured his wife: "We'll just wait."

Li Changji closed the study door and turned around to see Yang Huang admiring the painting. He felt disgusted and felt it was a pity: "Why is there an extra field of wheat? It's really superfluous and unnecessary."

After Ji Qingyue heard it in the painting, he clenched his fist tightly.

I advise you not to talk nonsense.

Xu Qing stood side by side with her husband. After receiving comfort from his eyes, she took the initiative to say: "I'm sorry for being rude, sir. If you have anything to say, just say it."

Yang Huang turned around, rarely changing his serious expression.

Regardless of his status or aura, he is unfamiliar with others.

He stared at Xu Qing and asked: "About the military rebellion seven years ago, tell me everything you know from beginning to end."

Sure enough, this was the case. Xu Qing had been doing some mental construction after knowing his intention to come. Even so, she still felt very uncomfortable every time she mentioned it, and she would even vomit when she thought about it.

Li Changji advised her not to say anything if she didn't want to, but she shook her head.

Although that memory was unforgettable, after being tortured, she deliberately threw away many things she didn't want to remember.

It took her some time to recollect and realize that she had forgotten so much.

The sky that day was blue and cloudless... Her parents were supposed to tailor clothes for their brothers and sisters... It would be her wedding soon, and the hijab had already been embroidered... Dad was going out. I went to get a drink, but I didn’t expect...

The rumble of horse hooves brings nightmares to Xujiacun...

On horseback are those extremely vicious Rakshasa ghosts! They laughed wildly and drew out the scimitars from their waists, suddenly descending like demons...

"Maybe I don't remember everything, but I will tell you everything I remember." Xu Qing leaned slightly against Li Changji and recalled, "The military rebellion seven years ago..."

After Dali's agricultural reform, its national power became stronger and stronger. While he is strong, his opponents are naturally slowly improving their strength in order to fight against the powerful Dali.

Involution has existed since ancient times.

The northern border has experienced short-term stability for decades. There have been no major wars on the border. It is only harassed and provoked by the Uighurs from time to time. It is the kind of hooliganism that just comes for fun if you can't beat it. Dali only needs to send a team. The small army chased them from time to time to warn them. In this "harmony" atmosphere, everyone gradually forgot that the Uighur in the north was a hungry wild wolf. A wolf is a wolf, not a dog. At that time, Dali changed his goal , concentrate on dealing with Tuyuhun in the southwest.

Unexpectedly, after decades of recuperating, Huihe suddenly used a counterattack on Dali.

They took advantage of the time when the number of troops at the border was at a minimum, and suddenly launched a large-scale attack. At its worst, the front line could stretch for hundreds or thousands of miles.

When the border was about to withstand a fierce Uighur attack, a group of Uighur soldiers suddenly appeared out of nowhere in Dali, catching everyone off guard.

At that time, some people even believed that they were divine soldiers descended from heaven! Destroy Dali!

They lurked from the inside to the border, and by working together inside and outside, they captured a border checkpoint. The Uighur army directly attacked the village behind the pass and massacred them all the way.

Not to rob, just to vent anger.

The place that was breached was Tupeng Pass, which is more than 100 miles away from Shandan County. Tupeng Pass is in the Lincang Mountains. It is also a pass established based on the natural barrier of the Lincang Mountains. The Ghost Crying Gorge is in the northeast, and the terrain is More dangerous.

Now, after Yang Huang broke through the secret path on the Guiwei Gorge mountain, judging from the results, the Uighur soldiers who were called ghosts at that time probably sneaked into Dali from the caves in the Guiwei Gorge mountain. They bypassed Gui Crying Gorge, ran a hundred miles to Tupeng Pass, and attacked Tupeng Pass with the army from abroad.

After conquering Tupeng, the Uighur army rode into the plains inside the pass like a flood bursting from a dike.

"I remember that day, it was already dawn, my father went out to drink, and I was embroidering clothes in the room. Then we suddenly heard a huge commotion coming from Lancang Mountain in the east. Later we found out that those were people on horses. Huihe people. My mother took us and ran to Lancang Mountain in the west, trying to hide in the forest. But it was too late, they rode horses and quickly caught up with us." Xu Qing closed her eyes and recalled in pain , Li Changji hugged his wife, "My father didn't come home after drinking. In a panic, my mother was knocked into the ditch on the roadside by them, and I was kidnapped by them..."

"There were several other women with me. I didn't know how many there were at the time. We were hung on horses and ran for a long time. We seemed to have reached a wilderness... Later... Later... Later, the Li army came, They fled in a hurry, so we could survive." Xu Qing's face was expressionless, numbly remembering and articulating words at the same time.

Although Yang Huang felt a little sorry for forcing Xu Qing to think about these things, he still had to go on, knowing that this was not what he wanted to hear. "What I'm asking is, apart from the people who were kidnapped up the mountain with you, did you see any other women that day?"

Xu Qing had a puzzled expression after hearing this. Everything that happened that day was really too hasty. They were taken to the wilderness and tortured in a patch of short grass. What appeared in front of them were those dirty and foul-smelling faces, and their ears. Next to them were their calls for help and screams.

"Other women...?" Xu Qing knew that the general was looking for his eldest sister-in-law. Anyway, that's what her husband told her. But she searched over and over again for that painful memory in her mind, and she didn't seem to find the other woman the general mentioned.

Seeing Xu Qing's confused look, Yang Huang knew that she might really not remember or not see it.

"If I ask more carefully, have you ever seen a woman who was dragged behind a horse by the Huihe people? She was probably no longer alive at that time..."

When Xu Qing heard this, she opened her mouth in shock. She frowned, and something seemed to flash through her mind.

Yang Huang saw that Xu Qing remained silent for a long time, thinking that she really didn't remember anything, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Is the clue just cut off? The eldest sister-in-law risked her life to leave a message on her body, but it was just gone? He also thought that by finding the woman kidnapped by the Huihe people, he would be able to find other information left by his elder sister-in-law.

If the clues left by the eldest sister-in-law are not found, then the only flesh and blood left by her and her brother will never be found again.

hateful! !

Yang Huang was a little discouraged, turned around and punched the desk hard, which not only shocked Xu Qing, but also shocked Ji Qingyue who was passively "eavesdropping" in the painting.

However, he did not give up. When he turned around, he was no longer as cold as before: "I have two very respectable elders - my brother and my eldest sister-in-law. My brother guarded Tupeng Pass and died in the battle after the pass was broken. My eldest sister-in-law They caught her and dragged her for more than a hundred miles. When she was finally found, her body was left in the wilderness southwest of your village. The rope was cut by a knife, and the Uighurs did it on purpose. , deliberately leaving the elder sister-in-law’s body here in order to humiliate my brother and Dali!”

Xu Qing didn't expect such a story behind it, and her heart ached with pain.

"My eldest sister-in-law had just given birth, and the breach of Tupeng Pass happened very urgently. Everything in the pass was in chaos. When things calmed down, the guards discovered that the child was missing. I thought that the child had died in the hands of the Uighurs, but unexpectedly When I recovered my elder sister-in-law's body, I found that there were stab marks on her leg bones, which were neat and regular. Those were the passwords she left behind."

Yang Huang clasped his hands behind his back and seemed to calmly talk about what happened that year, but no one knew that his hands behind his back were trembling. This memory was also very painful for him.

"The eldest sister-in-law desperately left clues, telling me that the child was not dead and was hidden somewhere by her. But when we rushed to that place, there was neither the child nor the child's body."

"Although the eldest sister-in-law was born in a boudoir, she is resourceful and an unusual woman. Her brother calls her the 'female strategist', so the clues she left behind are unmistakable. Even though time was in a hurry, she must have planned a way out for the child. , hiding somewhere is just a delaying tactic."

"When Tupeng Pass was broken, the eldest sister-in-law's child only lasted a hundred days. If no one discovered such a small child in time, he would definitely not survive in the secret cellar, so she would arrange for her men to take care of her. Let’s go, but who is that person? We have never been able to find the answer from the bones of the elder sister-in-law.”

Not only Li Changji and Xu Qing were shocked, Ji Qingyue also didn't know how to react for a long time.

This woman...

"Two possibilities are that my sister-in-law doesn't know who took the child away, or we missed other clues she left behind. I know the character of the elder sister-in-law, and she will definitely not let the child encounter many uncertainties. Since she dares to let the child stay alone In a secret place, you must leave a backup plan and let someone you trust take away the child!" Yang Huang stared at Xu Qing crazily: "Did you really not see her?"

Xu Qing was so frightened by Yang Huang's sudden momentum that she could not speak. She huddled in her husband's arms, but she was still trying to remember bit by bit.

After she was put on the horse, she kept struggling and resisting... It seemed that she had forgotten something... She shouldn't only remember the physical pain... There should be other things...!

It stinks...!

Xu Qing exclaimed: "It's her!"

Her reaction made Yang Huang ecstatic. If Li Changji hadn't hugged his wife, he might have rushed up and shook her to tell her to speak quickly.

In that chaotic memory, there once appeared a swollen and stinking face. She attributed that face to those beasts, and the thought of it only made her feel sick and disgusted.

"I once saw a swollen and pale face. In my confused memory, I always thought it was those beasts. After the general reminded me, I did remember the difference. I'm afraid it was the smell! I did see an unusual woman. , she seems to be still tied behind the horse and has been dead for a long time."

"In order to intimidate us, those beasts pushed us in front of the broken bodies and forced us to submit." Xu Qing took a deep breath, and memories kept coming back. She continued: "Her hands were tied with ropes and hung behind the horse. She seemed to be holding something in her hand. Her hair was messy and her clothes were ruined. Her face could not be seen clearly and she had lost all life. I was forced to open my eyes by those beasts, so I clearly saw that there were words on her face!"

Any words?

Yang Huang was ecstatic and signaled Xu Qing to continue.

Xu Qing remembered that the wounds on the woman's face were turned out on her pale face, which looked very terrifying. At that time, they were almost frightened to the point of forgetting to resist, and they soon collapsed under the torture.

Yang Huang asked anxiously: "Are those wounds really written on and not destroyed by someone?!"

Xu Qing nodded.

She still knew the messy scars and orderly strokes. She was sure that the words on the person's face were writing. The white flesh that was revealed could prove that the tool that scratched into the flesh was not thin.

"What words are left on my sister-in-law's face?"

Xu Qing replied nonchalantly: "I only remember that the injury on the left side of the face is lighter than that on the right side. It should be because there are fewer strokes on the left side than on the right side."

Yang Huang was so anxious that he was pacing in the study room, but it was not enough, there were not enough clues. "How much is less, how much is more, think about it carefully! What word is it! In that kind of dangerous situation, the message left by my sister-in-law must not be complicated!"

This made Xu Qing really embarrassed. She really couldn't remember the details. She was completely shocked at the time. How could she still remember several scars on her face.

Under Yang Huang's urgent urging, Xu Qing seemed to think of something.

"what……"

She walked out of Li Changji's arms and came to the desk. She tapped her fingers in the inkstone and her fingertips were stained with ink.

Then she put her fingertips down on a piece of paper and then lifted them up, leaving two words on the paper.

Yang Huang picked up the paper and looked at it, only to see two numbers falling on the paper.

One, five.

One-five?

Yang Huang clutched the paper tightly, his eyes suddenly turned red.

His tone softened: "Thank you, Miss Xu of the Li family."

Unexpectedly, the imposing general and noble marquis would show such a tender side.

He carefully put the paper into his sleeve.

Xu Qing knelt down and saluted: "It would be great if I can help the general."

At this time, Xu Qing hesitated for a few moments, not sure whether this was useful information. "General, I remember seeing these two characters, one large and one small. I don't know if she accidentally drew them out in a panic or if she did it on purpose."

"One big and one small...? Which one is bigger and which one is smaller?"

"One big and five small."

Yang Huang couldn't help but fell into deep thought. If it had been anyone else, he might have thought it was unintentional, but that person was the eldest sister-in-law. She loved studying secret codes the most. She paid great attention to details. In order not to mislead, the clues she left were all accurate. !

So he believed that the two words "big and small" were specially made by his sister-in-law! !

Yang Huang said he understood.

Looking at Xu Qing's panicked expression, as if she was frightened by the memory of the terrifying appearance of her elder sister-in-law after her death, Yang Huang said: "If you still feel scared when you think of your elder sister-in-law's face in the future, just remember that she is a member of my Yang family's loyal family. , she and her brother were guarding Tupeng Pass, waiting for Dali behind them. If the people in Guiwaixia had not neglected their duties, they would not have suffered this disaster. Remember, the people of Dali never have to be afraid of her. "

With tears in her eyes, Xu Qing nodded solemnly: "Thank you, sir, for your forgiveness."

Yang Huang didn't stay at Li's house for long. After Li Changji and the others left the study, he stayed alone for a while and finally got the news he wanted!

Immediately, he stood up and said goodbye to the old man of the Li family, went to the backyard in person to lead the bay red horse, and galloped all the way until it disappeared from the skyline and could no longer be seen.

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