A few days later.
Song Chou paced back and forth in the dark room. There was a name in the Jiangling Battle that had been circulated among the army a while ago that made him uneasy. This name is like a thorn. Every time I think of it, I feel like my heart has been stabbed.
After many inquiries, he confirmed that the young man who had made meritorious service in Jiangling was indeed the son of his elder brother Song Jin.
He thought Song Xin had been beheaded, but he couldn't figure out how the boy survived and how he came to Xiangyang.
But Song Chou was not stupid, he knew that Song Xin was definitely targeting him.
Every time he thought of Song Xin, he couldn't help but think of Song Jin, whose face was covered in blood, and the curse he made before his death.
When he died, his eyes were wide open, and the hatred in those eyes did not disappear with the passing of his life. Instead, it turned into a brand, burning on Song Chou's heart.
"My son will definitely avenge me in the future..." Every time he thought of this sentence, Song Chou would tremble all over and wake up in the middle of the night.
He finally decided to strike first and found two good school officials, asking them to put Song Xin in jail first, and then find someone to send poisoned wine in.
"I don't know if the one named Mo has succeeded." Song Chou frowned, feeling even more upset. But he didn't know that Boss Mo and the two school officials had been secretly detained.
"Dong dong."
"Come in!" Song Chou heard someone knocking on the door and responded angrily.
A servant's voice came from outside the door, "Master Wei Xuan, please invite the captain to come over."
"What's wrong with this old guy..." He cursed in his heart. If it weren't for his playboy son, he wouldn't be so frightened.
...
Wei Xuan was not having a good time these days. First, his son became a crazy person, and then rumors spread from nowhere that he was harboring Soochow spies.
Seeing Song Chou come in, Wei Xuan immediately asked, "Have you heard the recent rumors in the city?"
"I don't know yet, please let me know."
"There are rumors that you and I are spies for Sun Quan. This is a matter of losing your head, and you don't even know?"
Although Song Chou was frightened, he still managed to calm down. Now that Song Xin's matter has not been resolved, rumors like this are spreading again, which is very detrimental to him.
"Sir, who spread this rumor?"
Wei Xuan looked at Song Chou with complicated eyes and said, "If I knew, what would I want you to do? Aren't you usually very smart? Why don't you go check it out!?"
Song Chou looked helpless and cursed in his heart: "I only know about this, why don't you check..." But he skillfully put on a sad face and said: "Sir, the current situation is so chaotic, how can we do it?" I can check it out.”
Wei Xuan rolled his eyes at him and asked, "I'll leave this matter to you to investigate. You have three days to find the person who spread the rumor."
"Young man...take the order." Although the boss in his heart was reluctant, he did not dare to disobey Wei Xuan's wishes.
"Where can we start to investigate this..." Song Chou walked out of Wei Xuan's house in a disturbed mood. Then he heard someone calling him on the street corner. He looked up and saw a jailer.
The jailer whispered: "Captain, that boy has been let go."
"What? What's going on?" Song Chou was shocked. This news was like a bolt from the blue. He hurriedly pulled the jailer to a secluded place.
"The man named Mo missed it. Someone from the school office came and released him."
Song Chou felt his heartbeat suddenly accelerate, and he lost his voice: "Dian...Dian School Office! When did it happen?"
"Just two or three days ago."
"The boy drank poisonous wine and is not dead yet?"
The jailer said: "One of the men named Mo accidentally knocked over the wine. Later, the boy didn't know what he said to the prisoners, and they actually turned against him and restrained him."
"Where is the person named Mo now?"
The jailer carefully looked around and said, "Mo and the two school officials are being detained by the school office. I'm afraid they won't survive..."
Song Chou felt his body go limp and almost fell down. Being targeted by someone from the school office was more frightening than seeing a ghost.
After sending away the jailer who reported the news, Song Chou felt paralyzed all over and felt an inexplicable fear. He felt as if everyone around him was a spy from the school.
Suddenly a voice called his name from behind him. Song Chou turned around in shock and found that it was a stranger.
"You...who are you?"
"I am the one who can save you. If you want to survive, just follow me."
...
When Song Xin left the school office that day, it was already sunset. Halfway there, he suddenly heard Lin Danda calling his name. Seeing that he had a nervous look on his face and kept looking around, he might have encountered something.
"What's wrong?"
"Master, let me take a step to speak."
I followed Lin Danda to a small dilapidated courtyard. As soon as I entered, I saw seven or eight people, all prisoners who were released that day.
They surrounded a corpse and a small man huddled in the corner, obviously frightened.
Seeing Song Xin come in, these people only forced out very unnatural smiles.
Lin Danda then said: "Sir, I'm presumptuous, but this matter is urgent..."
"What happened to the corpse on the ground?" Song Xin asked directly.
"Master, please forgive me. We acted on our own and caused trouble..." Lin Danda suddenly knelt down, "Please save me, master..."
Song Xin frowned and asked, "What did you do?"
"We followed the instructions and went out to inquire about Song Chou. But after hearing what happened to the young master, we all felt that we could not let Song Chou off easily, so...we spread rumors that he was an enemy spy. When we came back today, we found that Here is the body of a brother.”
Song Xin shook his head slightly, not wanting to blame them, because Song Chou might indeed be an enemy soldier. Song Xin pointed at the corpse and asked:
"When was it discovered?"
Lin Danda whispered: "It was at the end of the day that someone threw it at the door..."
Song Xin's eyebrows twitched. It was not that time, that was between one and three o'clock in the afternoon. At that time, he was still outside the city and preparing to enter the city.
"Have you seen anyone?"
"He was the only one here at that time. He was so scared when he saw the corpse that he didn't dare to come out to check. This dead man is also our brother." He pointed to the little man in the corner.
"When the villain came back and looked at it, he thought it was a letter with his head sent by someone." Lin Danda expressed his judgment.
"Head letter?"
"Well, it's not surprising that the young master doesn't know. Head letters are a slang term for those of us. They use dead people to warn us not to talk nonsense. My brothers are too scared to go out anymore."
Seeing their frightened expressions, Song Xin took a breath and said, "Let me see the bodies."
Everyone made a way, and Song Xin walked to the body, squatted down to check, and asked, "What happened to his eyes and ears?"
Lin Danda said: "If it weren't for the fact that the eyes and ears were missing, the villain wouldn't have seen that this was a letter with a human head. This means that we should not read randomly, ask around, and talk...his tongue It’s probably gone too.”
Song Xin opened the mouth of the dead body and examined it. It was true that the dead body had no tongue.
Glancing at these frightened people, Song Xin said: "I think he just wanted to warn you. If he wanted to kill you, he would have done it long ago. This brother died in an unknown way. Afterwards, he gave his parents some money and helped him bury him. Alright."
Song Xin took out a bunch of money. Lin Danda and others didn't know whether to accept it or not. They hesitated and said: "Master, you just gave me gold, why..."
"Take it, he died doing things for me, I should do the same."
Lin Danda was so moved that she shed tears. Whether they were dignitaries or traffickers and pawns, there were few who did not treat them as human beings. She did not expect that Song Xin would be so loyal to them.
"Young Master has been so kind to us. From now on, Lin Danda will repay him even if he goes to the knife mountain or the frying pan."
"No need, I guess this matter is related to something I investigated recently." Song Xin's first impression was that this matter had something to do with Song Chou and Wei Xuan.
"By the way, have any of you heard of Luyuncheng?"
Lin Danda and others looked at each other and shook their heads, but the man who had been huddled in the corner and shivered said, "I think I heard it somewhere..."
Everyone looked over immediately and heard Lin Danda say: "Where have you seen me? Tell Mr. Song quickly!"
"It's been a long time, oh, not too long, about two years ago..."
Song Xin listened to the black line, two years ago is not that long...
"Where were you two years ago?"
"Well... at that time, the villain went to steal, oh no, to borrow something, and I heard someone mention this name."
Song Xin frowned and asked, "Who is he and where is he?"
The little man raised his head. Minsi thought hard and said, "Stolen, oh no, borrowed too much. It seems to be in the east of the city... Their house has a well and an old locust tree. By the way...yes...it's a locust tree."
Lin Danda got angry when he heard that, walked up and kicked her, "Think about it! Think about it before we talk."
Song Xin said: "Don't hit him, let him think slowly." After speaking, he walked up to the little man and said, "Where do you mean the east of the city?"
"Well, that's a big businessman. By the way, he should be a wealthy businessman in this city."
Lin Danda suddenly blurted out, "Jia family?"
The little man nodded quickly and said, "Yes, it's their home."
Song Xin asked: "What is the origin of the Jia family?"
Lin Dandao: "Hey, this Jia family has long since declined, and Liu Bei took away all their wealth. The house is full of homeless people."
Song Xin thought about it, this kind of place was definitely a perfect place for local spies to hide.
"Where is the Jia family?"
Lin Danda said: "It's in the east of the city, on the street near the city gate. There is a watchtower at the door. It's easy to find. Why don't you, the villain, go with the young master!"
Song Xin stood up immediately, "That's fine. You take me there, and the other brothers will go to Brother Wei's camp temporarily and find my cousin Song Ya."
Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief. This letter made them scared to death, and they wished they could quickly go to the military camp outside the city to take shelter.
Relying on his familiarity with Xiangyang, Lin Danda took Song Xinjing through some deserted streets and did not encounter even a patrolling soldier.
"Sir, look, under the watchtower in front is the Jia family's house." Lin Dan pointed at a watchtower looming in the darkness.
They quietly walked under the watchtower at the door, and the broken wooden door was ajar. There was a faint stench coming from inside, and it was obvious that the refugees were using it as a toilet.
Song Xin shook his head helplessly. The once-prominent family residence was now occupied by refugees, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Lin Danda said: "Sir, these are all refugees."
"You wait here, I'll go up and take a look."
Song Xin endured the smell and climbed to the top of the building. First, I saw a lot of refugees walking around in the courtyard. There were also many lying on the ground and in the corridors. The garden, which was originally lush with flowers and plants, was now trampled into a mess. There were scattered fires in the yard, which was lonely and messy.
"They are all refugees, it's hard to deal with..." Song Xin was a little disappointed. When he was about to leave, his eyes suddenly narrowed, "Tuoye!? Why is she here?!"
