The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

It's not that Zhong Wen doesn't believe Ghost Hand's words, it's just that Zhong Wen feels that the people from the three major sects of Zhongnan Mountain just bought food a few days ago, so it's impossible for them to leave in such a hurry.

Therefore, Zhong Wen spent another night in Helan Mountain.

After the night passed, Zhong Wen found nothing.

However, Zhong Wen finally discovered that there are people living in Helan Mountain.

But this place is not populated by people from the three major sects of Zhongnan Mountain. As for who they are, Zhong Wen doesn't know.

However, from the setting of this crowded place, Zhong Wen can be sure that those people may also be from the world.

There are people from the rivers and lakes in Helan Mountain, which is not difficult for Zhong Wen to understand.

Besides, since Helan Mountain is so big, it is not uncommon for people to live there.

And this night, Zhong Wen only explored less than half of Helan Mountain, leaving more than half of it unexplored.

As far as Zhong Wen knew, the place where Helan Mountain used to be had, in addition to the Shumen, also had ghost hands.

On the other hand, Zhong Wen also knows whether the sect of Ghost Hand is in this Helan Mountain or not.

The Shumen are all there. I think the Wumen where the ghost hand is located should be in this Helan Mountain. It is estimated that the distance from the Shumen will not be too far.

However, Zhong Wen would no longer go to the north of Helan Mountain to investigate. After all, the words of the ghost hand still flashed in Zhong Yu's ears.

"It seems that the people from the three major sects have really left the Helan Mountain area, just as the ghost hand said. Alas, what a troublesome thing." When the sky was light, Zhong Wen stood on the edge of Helan Mountain. At the top of the mountain, I felt a little lost.

The feud between teachers and sects could have been settled by the end of last year.

Unexpectedly, that Taixu sect was so cunning that even the entire sect disappeared.

After finally getting some news, I rushed to Lingzhou by myself, but I still couldn't see him.

What to do in the future, Zhong Wen can only wait for the news from the Baiqisi staff.

Zhong Wen returned to the dilapidated house where the five people lived temporarily last night, and saw that the five people had already woken up.

Perhaps, none of these five people fell asleep that night.

For a few years, I haven't breathed the outside air, and suddenly returned to the ground, so I can't breathe much.

Coupled with the fact that there are still a lot of things in my heart, people who can sleep are probably only people with big hearts.

When the five people saw Zhong Wen came back, they hurriedly saluted.

Zhong Wen just cupped his hands casually, and said loudly: "Let's go, everyone, it's already dawn, I'll take you home!"

For the five of them, the word "going home" had already been forgotten.

This day and night change came too suddenly and too fast.

Before they could react, they had already reached the west of Lingzhou City, and they could see Lingzhou City from a distance.

When they heard Zhong Wen's words, I will take you home, the hearts of the five people began to tremble, and tears began to flow down again.

Years of torment, years of numbness, years of pain, years of waiting, and finally going home.

They think about their families, their wives and children, and about going home to drink a bowl of water at home.

Everything that could be recalled came flooding up, and the five of them immediately hugged into a ball again, weeping uncontrollably.

Zhong Wen didn't speak, just stood aside quietly, watching these five men crying like children, he also knew in his heart that they had suffered too much and suffered too much.

But now, as he was about to go home, this sadness rushed into his heart immediately, and he couldn't stop it immediately.

Chapter 4 Seventy Personnel Settlement Return to Chang'an

"Zhong Changshi, can we really go home?" One of them looked at Zhong Wen with longing in his eyes.

His questioning also explained the current situation.

Those who have been missing for several years may have lost their household registrations.

Moreover, the military status probably already indicated that this person was dead.

Although it is easy to go home, on the way to their hometown, there will inevitably be people who will ask questions.

If the background is not strong enough, they may even be treated as refugees or black households.

As for whether Baiqisi is the same as others, Zhong Wen doesn't know, and they don't know either.

"I know you have concerns in your hearts. If you don't want to go back to Baiqisi, then follow me to Chang'an." Zhong Wen looked at the confused faces of the five people, and really didn't know how to arrange them.

Even if he is a regular attendant, bring the five of them back to Baiqisi.

In the end, it needs to be reviewed by the people above Baiqisi.

If they run into an irresponsible and inattentive Shangguan, it's hard to say what their future will be like.

"Zhong Changshi, we want to go home, but we have been missing for several years. I think Baiqisi has already removed us, and please take Zhong Changshi in." Suddenly, one of the five people knelt down and faced Zhong Wen asked.

"Also ask Zhong Changshi to take him in."

"Also ask Zhong Changshi to take him in."

After one person knelt down, the other four also responded to that person and knelt down directly, hoping that Zhong Wen could take them in.

They know in their hearts what their future holds.

After returning to Baiqi Division, if the arrangements are made properly, it is estimated that the future will be the same as before, running around.

After suffering so much underground, they certainly hope to live a simpler life.

And in front of him, there is a constant attendant in front of him. If he doesn't seize the opportunity at this time, it will be difficult in the future.

Followed by a regular attendant, and a regular attendant with such superb martial arts skills, and an easy-going person, they firmly believed in their hearts at this time that they had not misjudged the person.

"This..." Zhong Wen hesitated.

He has never encountered such a thing.

If this is a normal person, Zhong Wendao doesn't care.

But these people are from Baiqisi, even if they may be removed from Baiqisi, they are still from Baiqisi.

If he really accepted them, would Li Shimin have other ideas.

Regarding this point, Zhong Wen really didn't dare to agree casually.

"In this way, you all follow me to your superiors to see the situation. If you are still willing to follow me, I will take you back to Chang'an. After arriving in Chang'an, I will report the situation to the Holy One." Zhong Wen thought for a while Said.

In the end, Zhong Wen still didn't fully agree.

After all, Zhong Wen also has his scruples.

"Yes, Zhong Changshi."

After listening to the five people, although there was some disappointment in their eyes, they did not completely reject them after listening to Zhong Wen's words, which showed that there was still a chance.

"Then let's go into the city." Zhong Wen saw the five people answering, and took the lead to walk to the bank of the Yellow River.

They need to cross the Yellow River by boat to reach Lingzhou City.

As for the three horses, Zhong Wen and the others did not take them with them, but tied them near the house. When they returned to Lingzhou, they would be sent back to the small town with a notification.

Half an hour later, Zhong Wen finally entered Lingzhou City with five people, and then arrived at the butcher's shop.

But when Zhong Wen entered the shop, Captain Tang Lin stared blankly at the five people behind Zhong Wen, and did not respond for a long time.

……

"Lieutenant Tang, what do you think about their affairs?" Zhong Wen sat on a stool in the backyard of the shop, holding a large bowl of soup cakes in his hand, and asked Tang Lin who was standing opposite him while eating. .

And those five people were eating soup cakes in the house at this time.

There are many pieces of meat in the soup cake.

All the shops sell meat, so there is no meat to eat.

It's just that Lingzhou is close to Helan Mountain and belongs to the northwest, so there are relatively few vegetables. As for the meat, as long as you have money, there is absolutely no shortage of it.

Tang Lin also understood the general situation from Zhong Wen's words just now.

Although Tang Lin had been in Lingzhou for less than a year, he knew one of the five people.

Both belong to Baiqisi, even if they don't have much contact with each other, they still met each other when they were training together.

That's why, when Zhong Wen led the five people into the shop at the beginning, Tang Lin was shocked and stood there motionless.

"Zhong Changshi, this is the first time I have encountered this matter. How about I write a letter to Chang'an to ask Shangguan how they decide?" Tang Lin responded cautiously.

In fact, this kind of thing is not so easy to encounter.

In the past, some people died or disappeared.

As long as you haven't seen anyone for half a year, you can basically conclude that you have disappeared.

Their method stipulates that anyone who has been missing for more than half a year will basically have to be removed from Baiqisi, and if there is no news for another half a year, some pensions will be issued to the family members.

As for finding, basically not at all.

They have been missing for a year, and during this year, they will be looking for them both secretly and explicitly.

Those who cannot be found for a year can basically be classified as dead.

There are no corpses, only some relics that can be sent back to their home.

There are even some people who don't even have relics, and the only things they send home are pensions and letters.

As for what will happen to the family members in the future, it is no longer the court's concern.

"Forget it, you can stay in Lingzhou. I will take them back to Chang'an tomorrow, and tell your Commander Li directly. You write a letter about their incident to me, and I will submit it directly to the Holy Majesty. "Zhong Wen knew that Tang Lin, a small lieutenant, could not make a decision, and in the end, it was up to him to choose.

"Well, I'll write a letter right away." Of course Tang Lin was willing to hand over this quick-handed matter, let alone a regular attendant forwarded it to the Holy One.

As a captain, he really doesn't have the ability to supervise this matter.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhong Wen drove out of Lingzhou City with five people in a carriage and headed for Chang'an.

Last night, he had chatted with five people, and they were of course willing to follow Zhong Wen to Chang'an.

And last night, Tang Lin had already written a letter about the five of them, and Zhong Wen took it back to Chang'an.

The five of them originally had something left in Lingzhou.

However, a year after they disappeared, almost all of their things left in Lingzhou were gone.

Some were sent back to their hometowns, and some were burned.

Last night, according to Zhong Wen's instructions, Tang Lin bought some new clothes for the five of them and took care of them.

Now the appearance of the five people is no different from other normal people except that they are thin and weak.

"Dalin, look at the carriage. Come back with some firewood. I'll go get some wild game first." Three days later in the evening, [-] miles away from Qingzhou Yimaguan, Zhong Wen stopped the carriage and planned to sleep in the wild tonight.

Passing by the Yima Pass at noon, Zhong Wen thought about going a little further, maybe he could reach Pengyuan County in Ningzhou, but unexpectedly, it started to rain heavily halfway.

So, we had to camp on the spot.

"Okay." Dalin replied.

Dalin is the cleverest of the five.

During the three days of rushing, Zhong Wen also knew the names of the five of them.

Among the five, Dalin and Xiaolin are two brothers. Dalin is 29 years old and Xiaolin is 26 years old. Their family name is Zhang, so they are called Zhang Dalin and Zhang Xiaolin.

According to Dalin, in addition to the two brothers, there are two younger brothers and one younger sister in his family. His mother passed away a few years ago, and his father was seriously ill. As for what is going on now, the two brothers don't know.

The two brothers, Dalin and Xiaolin, are said to have already had a family and children of their own.

One of them is the oldest, 33 years old, and his family name is Liu, and his name is Liu Gu, which means keeping the seed.

As for whether it is true or not, Liu Gu said so, Zhong Wen just listened to it and let it go.

Liu Gu's parents died early, besides him, he also had an older sister, but he was already married, but he was in his 30s, and he didn't marry a daughter-in-law to start a family. As for the reason, unknown.

Now, just like Zhong Wen, he is a single dog.

Among the five, the youngest was 24 years old and had the same surname as the royal family, named Li San.

Why is it called Li San? According to him, he is the third eldest in the family, so he is called Li San.

The eldest in the family died young, and the second child died of illness while serving corvee, but his parents were still alive, and he had a younger brother.

Although he is only 24 years old, he is the youngest among the five, but like Dalin and the others, he already has a family.