Qingran wanted to come forward to see what was going on. www.biquge.info As soon as his body was about to move, he felt as if someone had tapped him on the right shoulder. He was startled, but the habit of hunting in the mountains and forests all year round kept him from shouting, and he turned back quickly and alertly. In the darkness, he saw a pair of bright eyes looking at him less than two feet away from him. His brow furrowed. The owner of the eyes was dressed in a black-gray garment, and his head and face were covered with a black cloth. It's hard to spot him without looking closely.

The visitor saw Qingran looking back and saw himself, and blinked at Qingran with one eye. Qingran opened his mouth to ask who he was. The man reached out and tore the black cloth off his face—revealing a fair, playful face. He smiled toothily at Qingran, and held up a slender finger on his pointed chin, signaling Qingran not to make a sound. Qingran nodded knowingly, still wondering when this person was behind him, and what he was doing in the forest so late.

The man used gestures to make Qingran squat, hide, and pay attention to the front.

The few dark shadows that Qingran had seen before were getting closer and closer to them, and the man looked ahead, his eyes were blazing, and when the time came for him to feel, he raised his hand and waved it in the air. Dozens of people wearing gray and black cloaks suddenly appeared around the woods, they had been lying in ambush there for a long time, and when the people behind Qing Ran gave an order, they emerged from the ambush place, quickly gathered together, and surrounded the black-clothed people who appeared later. Those men in black were defenseless and could only be captured obediently.

The man in black was tied, and the man in the gray-black cloak untied the cloak. Qingran saw that under their cloaks were the clothes of the Shang soldiers. They are the soldiers stationed here. Qing Ran was surprised, who were these black-clothed people they arrested?

The young man behind Qing Ran patted Qing Ran on the shoulder, smiled at Qing Ran, and then walked straight to the soldier in front of him.

When he got to the soldiers, he smiled and patted one of them on the shoulder, and said, "Well, I said, I'm out of the horse, and I'll be captured." ”

The soldiers also laughed, and they all expressed their admiration for the young man.

The group laughed at each other, took the black-clothed man they caught, and left together.

When he passed by Qing Ran, Qing Ran grabbed the soldier closest to him and asked, "Who are you arresting?"

The soldier was stunned for a moment, turned his head to see clearly, and wondered how there was such a person in the woods. When he saw that Qingran was dressed as a hunter, he thought it was a nearby hunter, and he didn't doubt it, so he replied casually: "They are spies from the country and sneaked in to burn our granary." After saying that, he was about to leave, but he was pulled by Qingran again.

"How did you know they were coming?" asked Qingran, confused.

The soldier was asked impatiently, "Who are you?" he asked Qing Ran.

"I am a hunter in the nearby mountains, I rarely go down the mountain, the first time I came here, I saw you arresting people, I don't know why, curious, boldly ask. Qingran said humbly.

"Oh, that's it. The soldier accepted Qingran's explanation, and said to Qingran patiently, "These Chinese people, every year when the harvest season comes, they all fight our grain ideas. It's not stealing, it's robbing, and if you can't steal it, you will secretly set it on fire, and it's bad. Before, we had food stolen by them every year. This year, when he saw that we were defending tightly, he planned to burn our grain, but they could not get it, and wanted us to harvest it in vain. It's a pity that they miscalculated, and we were prepared. We guessed the route they might take, and laid an ambush here beforehand to catch them. ”

"You're amazing. Qingran expressed his admiration.

The soldier had a smug look on his face. "Okay, I'll not tell you, I have to go. ”

The soldier went after the man in front.

Qingran watched this group of people leave, and secretly thought, it turned out that the people who participated in the country really came to the border to make trouble, and the king did not lie to himself, and he didn't just find a reason to let himself out. It is no wonder that along the way, the more you get to the border, the faster the people's food is harvested, and the more soldiers help them. Food is the foundation of a country and the lifeblood of its people. These people are truly hateful.

Qingran grew up in the mountains, rarely had contact with people, and did not understand the outside world. He originally thought that the grain he bought on weekdays was simply planted in spring and harvested in autumn. I didn't expect there to be so many man-made twists and turns.

In fact, people only need to work hard to do their own things, farming, hunting, weaving...... Life is very comfortable. He didn't understand why someone would steal, destroy, kill outside of survival, or why people liked to deceive people.

Life in the mountains is simple. Coming to the palace from the deep mountains, Qingran thought that what he saw was complicated enough, but he didn't expect that it was only the tip of the iceberg, and in the future, he might have to face more. Can he accept and adapt to so many complicated and unfamiliar things? While thinking about it, he suddenly found that it was the first time that he seriously faced and thought about his identity as the son of the king of Shang, and he still had responsibilities.

The young man had gone away with the soldiers, and quiet had returned to the woods. With a heavy heart, Qingran walked in the opposite direction. He walked all night before coming out of the woods. Outside the woods is a wasteland in the countryside, and there are faint traces of people stepping on the barren grass. Qingran walked forward along the traces, and after walking for a long time, he saw a straight road in front of him. He walked along that road for a long time, and a town shop appeared in front of him. He had not eaten for a day or two nights, and after a night of travel, he was hungry, and when he saw a tea shed selling food at the entrance of the town, he went in.

When the owner of the tea shed saw that there were guests, he hurriedly came over and asked Qingran what he wanted to eat.

Qingran wanted to plate beef and a few steamed buns, but when he touched the pocket on his waist, he remembered that his money was given to his mother and son before. At the moment, I was penniless. Looking at his body again, he was now wearing coarse cloth clothes in the mountains, and if he wore gorgeous clothes in the palace, he could still exchange some money. He had no choice but to get up again, planning to leave and go to the suburbs to find something to eat. He was about to turn around when he was tapped on the right shoulder again, and then, a man dressed in gray came out from behind him, and he said to the owner of the tea shed in a clear voice: "Give him a drawer of steamed buns, two plates of beef, and two pots of good wine, quickly." ”

The boss said yes neatly, and went down to prepare.

After the man had finished speaking, he sat down opposite Qingran. Qingran saw that the person who came was actually the young man he had met in the woods last night. It's strange that I'm obviously going in the opposite direction from him. Why did he appear here? He led the soldiers to arrest people, which means that he is from the government, and he came to arrest himself for the bully's business? But he was not afraid, sat down calmly, and looked at each other.

The young man smiled at Qingran, "Friend, remember me? ”