Since ancient times, the most provocative people are two types of people, the husband and the merchant.

There is a saying that "I don't know 300,000 husbands, and a few people have entered the Yumen Pass", the tragic is the white bones of the husband, but the sad one is the dream man who keeps the empty boudoir alone.

The pain of the husband's parting may be just that, but the businessman is repeated many times.

Businessmen value profit over separation.

However, Zhao Yi does not have the feeling brought by these two identities.

He felt that leaving Junshan was an escape, and maybe Jinglan thought the same way.

This paper marriage contract between him and Jing Lan is more about the future interests of the family, and the Jing family is also from the Chu royal family.

As for love, he Zhao Yi has the intention of appreciation, but it is only appreciation. As for Jinglan, in Zhao Yi's opinion, there may be more elements to look down on.

If Zhao Yi were to choose, he would prefer Lu Qingxin, although the "maid" didn't seem to have any love for him.

Before Zhao Yi left Junshan City, his cousin, Lord Deyang Weng, actually came to Jingfu to find him and gave him a peace charm embroidered by herself.

"Brother, sister is waiting for your triumphant return. Lord Deyang Weng smiled.

Zhao Yi's heart as hard as fine iron was melted by this sentence, and his eyes were rosy and said: "Thank you, sister, Yi'er will definitely come back with a big victory." ”

In the orchid garden in the west courtyard of Jingfu, Jinglan, dressed in a pink embroidered light silk robe, sat at the stone table in the pavilion in the garden, holding a copy of "War Book and War Strategy", and was reading it intently.

The little girl standing next to her looked at Jinglan who was contemplating the book with a pair of smart eyes, and then turned her head to look at the entrance of the orchid garden, her face was a little anxious.

"Qingluan, what's wrong with you? Jinglan asked.

The little girl's maid hurriedly lowered her hand and lowered her head to stand up, and said in surprise: "Miss, you can't take your eyes off the book, how do you know that I am anxious?"

Jing Lan snorted lightly in her mouth, and then stopped talking.

The little maid stuck out her tongue, and then tried to ask, "Miss, my uncle is going to Jiangxia County today, aren't you worried at all?"

Jinglan put down the book in her hand, turned her head and glanced at the little girl, and said, "You little girl has a lot to worry about." ”

"Originally, you won't send it when your uncle leaves. Qingluan lowered his head and muttered.

Jing Lan sighed lightly, and then said with a smile on her face: "Don't worry, this uncle of yours has a very big life." ”

The little maid saw that her young lady was so confident in her future uncle, and she immediately smiled.

I was worried about Miss for nothing.

She didn't know that Jing Lan was thinking about a sentence in her heart: Good people don't live long, and disasters will last for thousands of years.

Since she knew that Zhao Yi had deceived her and was still trying to mistreat her in the barren valley, Jinglan decided in her heart that this good-looking man had a lot of bad intentions.

On the Huatai outside the Yunmeng Pavilion, the old King of Chu stood with his hands in his hands, overlooking the vast Junshan Lake in the distance, and he kept praying to the ancestors of the Xuanyuan family in his heart.

Zhao Yi, or Xuanyuan Yi, is the last hope of the Chu State, and it is also the last hope of him and the deceased eldest brother.

This time, the old Chu King insisted on letting Zhao Yi join the scout camp with the highest mortality rate, which was a tempering for Zhao Yi and a test for him.

If Zhao Yi can return to Junshan City alive this time, then he will publicly announce Zhao Yi as the prince of Chu and the candidate for the next king of Chu.

Du Huangting, who was three steps away, obviously felt the nervousness in his old master's heart, hesitated, and still arched his hand: "Lord Wang, don't worry, the prince Ji people have their own natural appearance, and they will be fine." ”

The old King of Chu retracted his gaze, turned his head to look at Du Huangting, and pondered for a moment before saying: "Huang Ting, send a few top witch shadows to secretly protect Yi'er, no matter what, I can't let him have anything to do, my Chu country can't afford to lose." ”

"Yes, lord, the old slave has already been arranged. ”

The old king of Chu nodded, then put away his worry, returned to the calm old king of Chu, and said, "Go, accompany me to Zhangfu." ”

Du Huangting bowed and replied.

At the same time, he was also shocked in his heart, and the old King of Chu finally made up his mind.

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Jing Song and Zhao Yi were separated on the Shili Bridge Pavilion outside Junshan City, Jing Song took the road north to Jiangling, and Zhao Yi went all the way east to Jiangxia.

As for why Jing Song didn't go directly to the scout camp stationed in Jiangxia with Zhao Yi, Jing Song didn't say it, so Zhao Yi, as an ordinary soldier in the scout camp, naturally had no right to ask.

Zhao Yi is alone and one horse, in addition to being in a hurry, he is also at ease.

In a short time, he entered Sangzhi County in Yue County, which was originally a world-famous granary.

Since the change in Los Angeles, the three kings have disputes, and there are often wars in this generation, coupled with the fact that the displaced people have become grass bandits, and the looting continues, making it difficult for Yuejun to be peaceful.

People who have lived here for generations have died and fled in the years of war, and the originally beautiful villages and towns have become ruins, and large areas of fertile land have been reduced to wilderness.

In the past two years, the old king of Chu and the king of Langya in the southeast reached a non-aggression pact, and the old king of Chu sent a number of capable officials to Yue County, so that the originally barren Yue County could be restored slightly.

It's just that although the war has subsided, the grass cowards entrenched in the mountains and rivers are still a great disaster.

These self-proclaimed heroes of the rivers and lakes, but they are engaged in the business of robbing houses and houses, not only are there no peace in the countryside for ten miles, but even the officials of Yuezhou City, if there is no army to escort them, they will not dare to go to the road.

Zhao Yi traveled all the way east, and most of the villages he passed through were deserted, and only a few large towns were still prosperous.

Seeing the desolate scene of the house collapsing, the grass growing in front of the court, the snakes and rats scurrying, and the scattered bones on the roadside, Zhao Yi inevitably felt a sigh of emotion in his heart.

He saw a large village by the Han River, the houses were built in an orderly manner, and there were several dilapidated brick houses, which were built in a very grand manner.

Now that the whole village has become ruined and overgrown, Zhao Yi remembers a poem he read before:

The water is slanting from the sun, and there are no chickens and dogs and crows.

Thousands of villages are like cold food, and there are no people and no flowers.

At that time, he was in the rich palace, and he was still young, and when he listened to Mr. Fuzhong's interpretation of the poem, he could only understand his meaning, but he could not understand his heart.

Over the years, Zhao Yi has lived in the people, tasted many hardships, experienced life and death, and also understood the hardships of the people, and the danger of his family and country, but at that time, he didn't think too much, after all, the world is big, and it is the greatest to survive.

Now his identity is different, and in the future, he will not only have to care about his own life and death, but also the life and death of many people.

Zhao Yi did not stop in Sangzhi County, but walked north along the Han River, and walked for several days before finally seeing a small village and town in front of him, which did not look like an abandoned village and town.

Anyway, I haven't seen a living person for several days, and suddenly I see a human population, and I feel like I'm in a different world.

Zhao Yi led the horses, quickened the pace and walked towards the village, there is a bluestone tablet at the entrance of the village, on which are written three big characters of Sangmu Village, the handwriting is simple.

Zhao Yi was not in the mood to appreciate the merits of the handwriting on the stone tablet, but walked quickly towards the village.

The houses in the village are all in good condition, and many of them are still drying in front of their houses, and a few roosters are following a hen, jumping up and down on both sides of the road, chasing and begging for pleasure.

Strangely, not a single figure was seen.

Zhao Yi stood still, raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that this village was not big, about 30 households.

The village is surrounded by mountains on three sides, a small river flows through the entrance of the village, and a stone bridge spans the small river.

Years of battlefield experience made Zhao Yi vigilant.

He saw a house in front of him, and the gate was open, so he tied his horse to a tree by the side of the road and walked softly.

When I entered the courtyard, I was faced with a two-story wooden house, a low house on the left, like a kitchen, and a small vegetable patch on the right, planted with cabbage and turnips, and a bamboo shelf with withered vines entwined with it.

This is a farmer's house, Zhao Yi's heart moved, and he was about to exit the yard, when he heard a whooshing sound, and a short black arrow flew out of the house, stuck at his feet, and an inch further, it was about to shoot on the soles of his feet.

Zhao Yi stood still, as if he was scared stupid, two soldiers in leather armor came out of the wooden house, holding crossbow arrows at him, the soldiers' eyes were sharp, looking at Zhao Yi like a prey caught in the net.

There was another leader in the room, he held a long knife, walked up to Zhao Yi, looked at him carefully, Zhao Yi suddenly felt like two cold swords, stabbing around his body.

This is the gaze of only those who have fought in the sea of blood.

The three of them were wearing the military uniforms of the Chu army, and the knives they wore were armor-piercing knives that only the elite cavalry of the Rong State were equipped with.

"Who are you?" the leader asked, in a local accent.

Zhao Yi pretended to come back from the panic, and said in a crying voice: "Master Bing, I am just a passer-by, I am really hungry, and when I saw this village, I came in to beg for food." ”

When Zhao Yi spoke, he also deliberately had a little Chu Di tone.

The person who looked like a leader, after listening to Zhao Yi's words, his guarded face relaxed a little, and asked, "You are also from Chudi?"

Zhao Yi nodded like pounding garlic, "Yes, yes, the small one is from Junshan City." ”

The leader looked Zhao Yi up and down again, and finally nodded, as if he recognized Zhao Yi's words, such a tattered and fluffy young man didn't want to be a spy of the enemy country.

"Where are you going?" the leader asked again.

In the time just now, Zhao Yi had already thought of a countermeasure, and said with a smile: "I ran out from home to study. ”

The leader nodded, looked around, glanced at the two soldiers, and then turned around and walked towards the house, where one soldier stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Yi's arm and followed quickly.

At this time, without warning, an arrow flew from outside, piercing the throat of the soldier holding Zhao Yi, and with great force, the soldier's body hit the door frame of the wooden house.

Zhao Yi had already heard the sound of arrows behind him, and at this time, someone happened to reach out to pull him, so Zhao Yi hid in the house, and several crossbow arrows flew past him and nailed to the wall in the house.

It feels like if it weren't for the leader's quick reaction and pulling Zhao Yi, he would have looked like the soldier on the ground at this time.

The door had been closed, and Zhao Yi was hiding aside, trembling all over, looking frightened, but his mind was quickly feeling the surrounding situation.

There were a total of five Chu soldiers in the room plus the leader, and the leader glanced at Zhao Yi, and a soldier pointed a crossbow arrow at Zhao Yi's back.

There was no movement outside the house, and the leader looked out through the crack in the door, and everything in the courtyard was as usual except for the corpse of the soldier on the ground at the door, and the arrows just now seemed to fly out of thin air.

The leader looked around, then looked up and gestured upward, and a soldier went to the innermost part of the hall and pushed open a small door, which led to a staircase leading to the second floor.

The leader asked one of the soldiers to guard the door, and then motioned for the other three to go up to the second floor with Zhao Yi.