Guo proudly finished writing and sent it after the ink was dry.
Most of what is written on the paper are shops, followed by only two restaurants and residences. There is also one school among them, Qingshan Academy and Guoting.
Qingshan Academy has been destroyed, but I don’t know how Guo Ting is doing now.
Xia Zhaoyi put away the paper to thank her and prepared to leave.
"Ah Li!" Zhao Xun was a little unwilling, stepped forward with Goudan in his arms, and shouted.
Xia Zhaoyi turned around.
Zhao Xun suddenly handed the dog egg forward and brought it to her. Xia Zhaoyi subconsciously took a step back.
"Look, isn't it cute?" Zhao Yu said with a smile.
Goudan stuck out his tongue and looked at the heavy snow outside the door, looking confused as to what was happening.
"...Cute." Xia Zhaoyi said.
"Call me brother-in-law, and I can even give you dog eggs."
Xia Zhaoyi frowned and looked up at Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yun was born very handsome, with a complexion as white as a noble prince's. His facial features were inherited from Jiang's wife, Duke Zheng. When Jiang was young, she was famous for her beauty.
If Zhao Gong could be a little calmer, instead of being so carefree and smiling, he would definitely be very good-looking. He is not as stunning as Shen Shun and Shen Lie, but he is still outstanding in the capital.
What Xia Zhaoyi can't see now is what kind of person he is.
Previously, through the hands of Qingque Pavilion, Xia Zhaoyi learned a lot of information about the Ministry of Hubu and the Ministry of War, including Zheng Beijun.
Zheng Beijun is almost gone.
However, at the beginning of this year, there was an urgent need to suppress the bandits in Jiannan, Lingnan. He came to Beijing many times to plead for rescue. The court said that he had no troops to send, and when he kept making excuses, it was Zhao Xun who couldn't stand it, and he was willing to redeploy the remaining two thousand Zheng Bei's troops. Three hundred people came out and followed Song Qingtang southward.
You must know that among the remaining 2,000 Zheng Bei's troops, there are still a large number of seriously injured people, and 300 elite soldiers can be mobilized. This is enough to be described as generous.
Xia Zhaoyi raised his hand and gently touched Goudan's head.
Plush, soft, and warm.
"Goudan," Xia Zhaoyi looked at the dog and said, "Goodbye."
As he spoke, he smiled, patted Goudan's head gently, and said to Zhao Xun: "I owe you a favor today, and I will repay you in the future. Say goodbye."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
"Hey! It's better to choose a day than to hit it!" Zhao Xun shouted from behind, "It's just today. Just call me brother-in-law and let me have a good time!"
Seeing the girl disappear into the dark night without looking back, Zhao Yu shook his head and sighed: "Really, my brother won't let me call her, and I won't call her brother-in-law. Who are these people?"
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The chaos on the street is even worse than a few days ago. There are flames burning in all directions. Some people are huddled in the street corners with pale faces, some are shouting in despair and anger, and there are serious and fierce passwords and distant shouts in the distance. Wait... Residents who came back from Juyang City Gate hid in their homes and did not dare to come out. Some people gathered with relatives and friends and sent people out in turns to inquire. There was a constant sound of horse hooves on the street, walking back and forth on the long street of the city gate. In a sparsely populated street, some people gathered together, smashing shops and houses crazily, snatching items, and then scattered and fled.
Xia Zhaoyi came to Zuixian Building. The first floor was also smashed. The gangsters who had no time to escape were captured by the patrolling Beifu soldiers. The blood in front of the door was not yet buried by the heavy snow.
The lobby was in tatters, the tables, chairs, and benches that could not be taken away were smashed to pieces, the abacus shelf on the counter was broken, and beads rolled all over the floor.
Xia Zhaoyi went to the second floor. The lobby was cleaner than downstairs, but on the way to the wing, she saw a large amount of blood stains.
The blood was darker, so Xia Zhaoyi searched all the way and found three corpses in a room.
Corpses decompose slowly in the cold winter. These three corpses had been dead for at least three days.
In the next room, she found another corpse. She pulled the corpse over and saw it in front of her. She was stunned and exclaimed in a low voice: "Yu Heng!"
He had also been dead for many days, with multiple wounds on his body, including a fatal stab in his neck.
Xia Zhaoyi's hands didn't shake for a long time, she laid the body flat, got up and ran to other rooms.
Searching one by one, there were a total of sixteen corpses on the second and third floors. There was no familiar face among them, only Yu Heng.
In addition, she also found a study room, but most of it had been burned down. The remaining items were a mahogany sword, a few charms, and Taoist scriptures.
Returning to Yu Heng, Xia Zhaoyi groped around on him and found only two or three pieces of silver and a jade pendant close to his body. It was not a precious jade species. It was the misty nephrite that Yu Heng's mother left to him before she died of illness. The jade pendant had Yu Heng on it.
Two characters, on the smooth reverse side, were crookedly engraved with two characters: Jiu Ge.
"I don't have the time or energy to bury you properly now. Wait until I come back." Xia Zhaoyi said softly and put the jade pendant back.
After leaving Zuixian Tower, she went to Huiping Pawnshop. The pawnshop was also empty, and the unoccupied pawnshop had long been listed as the first target to be smashed, and now it was in a mess.
However, there is something clean that can be seen in the mess. This clean means that among the smashed tables, chairs and benches, there is nothing but sawdust.
The morning light gradually peeked out from the east, and the cold wind blew the snow. Xia Zhaoyi turned around and left, and met head-on the "registered villains" who were personally selected by Zhu Xian and temporarily led the team with positions such as captain and even school captain.
The "villains" helped the Beifu soldiers organize the militia overnight, while maintaining order on the streets and catching the gangsters who were smashing things up one by one.
Xia Zhaoyi stood on the street corner and watched them leave, tightening the baggage on her back.
Heavy snowfall came, and she raised her head. There were no stars in the sky, and the cold wind howled.
If you keep looking, you may still find nothing.
Qiluyuan is empty, Huiping Pawnshop is empty, and there are so many corpses on the empty Zuixian Building upstairs, including Yu Heng who has been with his second brother since he was a child.
Among them, the empty Qiluyuan and the attic belonging to the second brother are not available.
There is no empty Zuixian Tower, and the appearance of the study room shows that it was temporarily burned down, but it was not completely burned down.
What is more terrifying than powerful enemies in this world?
It's internal fighting.
Therefore, there is no need to go to the next few places. Since they are on guard against Zheng Guogong's Mansion, there should be no one at the address that Zheng Guogong's Mansion can write down.
Although Mr. Guo said that they went out of the city.
However, the capital city is so big and there are twenty-six gates. Not counting waterways or mountain roads, it is impossible to determine which gate it is.
Xia Zhaoyi took out six copper coins. She didn't even dare to gamble on her luck, fearing that her second brother would be in danger now and she wouldn't be able to rush there in time.
"Want to bet?" Xia Zhaoyi looked at the copper plate and said softly.
She held the coin with her palm facing down, and when she was about to release her fingers, she suddenly paused.
A few days before the incident, when I passed by Qiluyuan, all the books in the hall of Qiluyuan were still there.
If you want to move all the books in the entire library in such a short period of time, it's impossible without any movement.
But, really not.
Likewise, the Huiping pawnshop here is also empty.
"A dark room," Xia Zhaoyi said softly, "or a secret passage?"
She turned back and looked towards the pawn shop behind her.
