After the system ran, I took off with my family

Lin Shuyue suppressed her uneasiness and stared at the tree for a while. Seeing that she found nothing else, she prepared to go back and investigate again at night.

When I was almost at the village, I saw a man on horseback galloping towards me.

After a while, the man came to Lin Shuyue, and when he looked closely, he found that he was a soldier.

The soldier was riding very fast on his horse, with a small bag slung across his back.

Seeing Lin Shuyue stopped in the middle of the road, he hurriedly tightened the reins, stopped, and looked at her curiously.

Lin Shuyue said nothing, jumped off his horse, flew to the soldier, pulled him off the horse, and put the Liuguang sword on his neck.

The soldier didn't expect that a young lady could actually practice martial arts. The cold sword on his neck frightened him so much that his hands and feet went limp.

"Lady, spare my life..."

The soldier begged for mercy in a trembling voice.

Lin Shuyue ignored his pleas for mercy and directly took out a rope to tie his hands.

They tore a piece of cloth from his body and stuffed it into his mouth, then led two horses and the soldiers into the village.

"Bang bang... Dad, Mom, it's me..."

Lin An and others were walking around in circles in the yard anxiously. When they heard Lin Shuyue's voice, they hurried forward to open the gate.

Lin Shuyue pushed the soldiers into the yard, turned around and looked around, and only entered the yard after seeing nothing unusual.

In the yard, Lin Shuyue pulled the cloth from the soldier's mouth and asked sternly, "Who are you?"

The soldier's eyes were filled with tears: "I'm just a messenger... woo woo..."

"Don't cry. Who are you? Who are you delivering the letter to?" Lin Shuyue was speechless as she looked at the soldier whose nose was red from crying.

“My name is Zhang Wen…I was originally a servant in the government office of Yuping Prefecture.

Later, I asked someone to arrange for me to be a courier under General Ning, who was under the command of King Liang.

Today we have to deliver an urgent letter to Wu'an County." The soldier sobbed.

"Are you a bailiff of Yuping Prefecture? You are a bunch of unscrupulous people. How many people have you killed?"

Lin Shuyuan became angry when he thought about what he had experienced in Yu Ping's mansion, and the others also glared at him with hatred.

"I didn't! I didn't hurt the people! Really!" Seeing Lin An and others staring at him ferociously, he was so anxious that he wanted to cry again.

“As soon as Prince Liang rebelled, I became a messenger for General Ning.

I just don’t want to arrest people like them, so I asked someone to arrange me as a messenger. A messenger only needs to deliver letters, not arrest people...”

Seeing that he really didn't seem to be lying, Lin An and others withdrew their hands.

Lin An walked up, pulled off his bag, took out a letter and handed it to Lin Shuyue.

Lin Shuyue took the letter but did not open it immediately. Instead, she continued to ask, "What is the situation outside now?"

Zhang Wen shrank his neck and said, "Half a month ago, the fourth prince born to the late queen suddenly led his men into the palace.

In front of all the civil and military officials, the various crimes of the current emperor, formerly the third prince, were listed.

These include: tampering with the imperial edict of succession, secretly training troops while the previous emperor was still alive, wantonly arresting refugees, etc., and the evidence is solid.

Then he stabbed the third prince on the dragon throne to death with a sword and took out the real imperial edict of succession.

The next day, he officially ascended the throne and changed the country's name to "Yuan".

"When Prince Liang in Yupingfu learned of this, he was furious and led 50,000 troops to attack the capital.

At the beginning, they successfully captured Tongchang County and Tonghua County of Wang'an Prefecture.

When preparing to attack the city, Governor Zhao led 30,000 elite troops and rushed from Jin'an Prefecture to Wang'an Prefecture in accordance with the emperor's order, and stopped Prince Liang and his entourage outside the city.

The two sides have been deadlocked until now. This morning, General Ning wrote a letter and asked me to quickly deliver it to Wu'an County and hand it over to Mr. Gao. "

Zhang Wen’s words shocked Lin An and his group. In just one month, the situation outside changed so rapidly.

Lin Shuyue pondered for a moment and asked, "What does the letter say about asking Mr. Gao to persuade Qin Song to write a letter to Minister Qin in the capital?"

Zhang Wen's mouth was a little dry, so he licked his lips.

"This Qin Song was originally the magistrate of Wu'an County.

After Gao Zhao, a subordinate of King Liang, captured Wu'an County with 500 cavalrymen, he imprisoned Qin Song in a dungeon.

This Qin Song is of great descent. He is the youngest son of Qin Shuhai, the Minister of War in the capital. He was sent to Wu'an County a year ago.

According to General Ning, Prince Liang originally wanted to arrest Qin Song.

He was asked to write a letter to Minister Qin in the capital, persuading him to stand on his side.

But Qin Song has not given in even under severe torture.”

"How do you know it so clearly?" Lin An looked the soldier up and down, somewhat curious.

Zhang Wen raised his eyebrows, somewhat proudly: “General Ning’s personal guard was my childhood playmate.

I learned all this from him, and he was the one who arranged for me to be the messenger."

Lin Shuyue poured him a bowl of water, and after he finished drinking it, she continued to ask, "Then do you know where the people from the villages near Wu'an County were taken?"

Zhang Wen shook his head: "I don't know, maybe he was captured and sent to the front line, or maybe he was sent to Mangshan to mine.

But the people in the county town should still be alive. I heard from my playmate that Qin Song threatened to die in exchange for Gao Zhao to spare the lives of the people in the county town.

Zhang Wen told Lin Shuyue and others everything he knew in detail.

Then Lin Shuyue asked him to squat in the corner and went aside to discuss with everyone what to do next.

"I looked at the map. We can go around Wu'an County and go directly to Wuping County from another route." Lin Shuyue looked at everyone.

Then she changed her tone and said, "But I am a little unwilling to leave like this. From what Zhang Wen said, there are only 500 cavalrymen in Wu'an County."

“Let’s not talk about the innocent people who died, let’s talk about King Liang.

If we allow someone who treats the people as ants to sit on the throne, it will be us ordinary people who will suffer.”

Everyone recalled the experience of being chased by cavalry in Yu Ping Mansion and the innocent people shot by officers and soldiers, and they suddenly felt hatred in their hearts.

"Since he values ​​Qin Song so much, let's go to the county town and rescue him.

It's just 500 cavalrymen, and we've killed them before." Lin Shuyan's eyes flashed with hostility.

Lin Gang's family and Erlangzi also expressed their support for Lin Shuyue and their decision.

"Then what should we do with him?" Lin Shuyuan pointed at Zhang Wen in the corner.

Lin Shuyue thought for a moment and said, "Well, let my elder and second brothers and I go into the city tonight. You stay here and wait for news from us. We still have a use for this person."

"Lady, I can take you into the city. I am familiar with the county government office. I have delivered letters to Mr. Gao twice." Zhang Wen raised his tied hands.

Lin Shuyan looked at him with an ambiguous expression: "Are you so easy to betray your General Ning?"

Zhang Wen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Although I don't understand what is right and wrong, and I am timid.

But I'm not a bad person, otherwise I wouldn't be running around every day as a courier just to avoid being caught.

Now I have a chance to save those innocent people, and doing my part can also be considered as accumulating merit for myself..."