Wulan Pass, three days have passed since the night attack on Wulan Bridge.
Lou Yunchun tied a white hemp belt around his waist and, together with Lao Duan and the sergeant, collected the bodies of the brothers who had died in the battle and put them in coffins.
After the coffins were closed, eternal lamps, incense and offerings were placed in front of each coffin.
Lou Yunchun led the two men in performing the funeral ceremony for the deceased, and then prayed to the deceased heroic spirit: "My fellow comrades, please wait here for a moment. When we return, we will take you back to our homeland."
Upon hearing this, Old Duan and the sergeant's eyes turned red.
After arranging the remains of the soldiers who died in the battle, Lou Yunchun organized his troops and set out again towards Wulan Bridge. This time, they were personally escorted by Wulan Pass Commander Lu Qingguang, and the Xinquan Army did not dare to stop them.
Wei Yinuo lined up to see him off. Lou Yunchun reined in his horse when passing by him, and his stern gaze pressed down on him, which made him feel a little scared.
He cleared his throat and asked respectfully, "Master Lou, do you have any other instructions?"
Lou Yunchun's cold voice pierced his ears, "Don't think that just because you silenced someone, there will be no evidence."
Wei Yinuo played dumb as usual, "Forgive my ignorance, I don't understand what you mean."
Lou Yunchun took something out of his arms and threw it to him. He took it and looked at it, and his face changed immediately.
"Don't let me catch the people of Baique again, otherwise I will pull you out of these birds' mouths sooner or later and use you to commemorate my brothers who died in the battle." After saying this, Lou Yunchun pulled his horse and led the team through the city gate and stepped onto the Wulan Bridge.
Wei Yinuo clenched the Sparrow Talisman tightly and stared at Lou Yunchun's back with a gloomy look.
Stepping onto the Wulan Bridge again, everyone looked solemn.
After walking out of the bridge, Lou Yunchun took out a piece of paper and threw it into the air.
"When the body dies, the spirit becomes a spirit, and the soul becomes a ghost hero, offering sacrifices--"
The soldiers followed closely behind, taking out paper and silk and scattering them to pay tribute to the heroic souls.
The sound of a Qiang flute was heard, with a mournful and weeping voice. Along with the flying white silk, it was blown towards Chang'an and towards his hometown by the wind.
The garrisoned general was not allowed to leave his post without permission. After passing the Wulan Bridge, Lu Qingguang was not able to see them off, so he ordered a sergeant to lead a team of soldiers to send Lou Yunchun and others to Gaolan.
After bidding farewell to Lu Qingguang, everyone walked forward in silence, their expressions heavy and sad.
After a long while, Old Duan finally caught up with Lou Yunchun and asked, "Sir, why did you give the Sparrow Talisman to Wei Yinuo just now, revealing Bai Que's secrets? Wouldn't that alert the enemy? If he takes the opportunity to kill and destroy the evidence, wouldn't it be even more difficult for us to investigate him?"
Lou Yunchun said: "I have never thought of investigating him, and there is no need to investigate him."
Old Duan was stunned, and anger surged in his heart. How could he avenge his brothers if he didn't investigate him?
Lou Yunchun's cheeks were pale from the new wounds he had sustained before his old ones healed, but his eyes were incredibly sharp. "Wei Yinuo is a knife. He can be used by others, and naturally, he can be used by us as well."
Old Duan reacted and his anger subsided instantly. "My Lord, do you mean to use him to wipe out the Hundred Wings?"
"Well, there's no one better than him."
The assassination attempt at Wulan Bridge failed, but those people will not give up and will definitely take further action afterwards.
Now they are about to meet up with the Hexi Army. If these people come up to them again, they will just walk into a trap. Wei Yinuo is well aware of this, so he will not let Bai Yu's people fall into Lou Yunchun's hands.
Moreover, he had contacts with Bai Yu, so using him to deal with Bai Yu would save a lot of trouble than asking the Hexi Military Province to clean up the situation county by county, and it would also avoid alerting Beiting.
The Sparrow Talisman was Lou Yunchun's warning to Wei Yinuo, telling him that he knew the assassin's identity and would eventually settle the score and eliminate him after returning to Beijing. He also told him that he held a grudge for the assassination at Wulan Bridge, letting him know that once Bai Yu was eliminated, he would naturally be unable to escape.
In order to protect himself, Wei Yinuo would definitely try to kill Lou Yunchun and destroy the evidence before he returns to Beijing. He might even completely wipe him out and surrender to Lou Yunchun in order to atone for his crime.
This was also an opportunity given to him by Lou Yunchun.
Completely wiping out the Hundred Wings was also Lou Yunchun's explanation to his brothers who died in the battle.
Old Duan gnashed his teeth and said, "Alright, let them commit suicide. That will be considered revenge for our brothers!"
Lou Yunchun looked back at Ulan Pass on the other side of the river. It wouldn't be long before they could go home.
"Let's go to Gaolan!" He whipped his horse and ran forward firmly.
————The dividing line for unlucky people————
Gaolan was originally under the jurisdiction of Tubo, but was later incorporated into Hexi by Dasheng and was jointly governed by the government office and the garrison.
There are many ethnic groups here, but they are mainly Tibetans, people from the Central Plains, and descendants of the two ethnic groups' intermarriage. Due to the decline of agriculture, most of them make a living by grazing and trading.
Zhao Xiu and his group blended in with the crowd and did not stand out.
He waited in Gaolan for three days, but Lou Yunchun still didn't show up. However, the two sickly guys had already spent a lot of money.
At this moment in the clinic, Zhao Xiu had a sour face as he watched the doctor change the dressings on the floating corpse and the human stick.
He stared at the floating corpse and asked the doctor, "Doctor, when will he wake up?"
"It's hard to say. He's seriously injured. It's not certain whether he can survive."
So even after spending so much money and taking so many medicines, I still may not survive?
Zhao Xiu glared at his follower, who looked up at the sky.
His eyes fell on the Turkic man, but the Turkic man turned his face away and did not look at him.
Zhao Xiu sneered, "What about this?"
The doctor glanced up and said, "This situation is much better. We can stop taking the medicine in another two weeks and it will heal on its own."
"It's going to take another half a month?"
That day, Zhao Xiu was questioning the Turks falsely, but when he got to the point, he was interrupted by officials who came from upstream to search for the assassin. They had no choice but to take their people away first.
When I asked again later, I couldn't get the answer.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xiu couldn't help but grit his teeth. "Just stop taking the medicine. It's a waste of so much money on medical treatment. Even if he survives, he will be a useless waste."
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