After Ma Qi woke up, the first thing he did was to tell Wang Qiang that there was a person from the Northern Desert on the mountain, who must know what was going on, and asked him to bring people back.

In order to prevent Ma Qi from seeing his red eyes, Wang Qiang nodded behind his back. He didn't dare to tell Ma Qi that in fact, they had already interrogated the Northern Desert man, and he already knew that the prince fell off the cliff and did not know whether he was alive or dead.

Now he is waiting for Prince An and General Ji to take them to avenge the prince.

In the barracks not far away, the arguments were louder than loud, Li Ziyu's attitude was to fight, not to mention anything else, the person who sent someone to ambush Xiao Jing must pay for his life.

More than half of them agreed with him, and a small number of people thought that the Northern Desert was now at a loss, and they should negotiate with them, let them cede land and compensate, and then sign a treaty to prevent war for at least fifty years.

Although this statement is despised by most people, it has also gained support from many people.

Ji Muyu felt that it was because of her that Lan Jing died on the cliff, so after learning the news, the whole person collapsed.

In the shouting and shouting of the Mobei soldiers, she was pushed around like a walking corpse.

Tang Chunjing was not spared, and before he could recover from his shock and grief, he was escorted out of the tent by the soldiers.

Xu Xiaodong was so frightened that he trembled, hugged Tang Chunjing tightly, and shouted: "It has nothing to do with our son, you can't arrest him." ”

Of course, it is impossible for anyone to listen to his words. Many of these soldiers were from nearby homes, that is, persecuted.

They had long seen that the people in the Northern Desert were unhappy, they had been suppressed before, but now because of this point, their anger was released.

Li Ziyu, who was discussing the plan, heard the sound of the commotion, and hurriedly walked out of the tent, saw Tang Chunjing, who was escorted in front, and roared angrily: "What are you doing here?"

The soldiers led by him trembled, hurriedly came out of the column to salute, and then replied: "If you return to the world, you will avenge Lord Tang." ”

Li Ziyu's eyes narrowed, a sharp light passed, and the soldier lowered his head weakly and took a small step back.

"Send the people back to the camp, if you really want to avenge Xiao Jing, go to the battlefield with me and kill them without leaving a piece of armor. Li Ziyu said sharply.

Before his words fell, the voice of rebuttal sounded, "Lord Tang was killed because he was looking for medicine for this Northern Desert person, maybe they deliberately led Lord Tang out, so we let them go." Can Lord Tang rest in peace in the Heavenly Spirit?"

The person who spoke was called Zhang Tianda, Zhang Cong's nephew, because he couldn't write it, so he chose Wu, he has been serving as Feng Zicong's guard, and now because Feng Zicong is back in the barracks, he also came back.

Li Ziyu sneered twice, looked at Zhang Tianda and said: "Xiao Jing is willing to go out to find medicine for him, to prove that this person is very important in her heart, she doesn't know whether she is alive or dead now, you coax the person she cares about, what do you have in mind?"

Zhang Tianda's eyes flashed, his momentum weakened, and he insisted that he wanted to avenge Lan Jing, because Lan Jing had saved him.

Although Li Ziyu knew it in his heart, he didn't say it directly, but said with relief: "Now I have appointed you as a striker, and I will set off immediately, and see your performance on the battlefield." ”

Zhang Tianda was stunned when he heard this, he had been in Mobei for more than two years, and he had never been on the battlefield. It's terrible to let him go to the battlefield now, and he hurriedly asked for help and looked at Feng Zicong who was standing behind Li Ziyu.

Feng Zicong shook his head and said that he couldn't do anything, now there are two royal relatives in the barracks, and it won't be his turn to call the shots at all, if he rashly pleads, he will have to be suspected, I really don't understand, why would he send a message to him to find an opportunity to kill the Beidesert people who stayed in the barracks.

After turning around in his head, he still didn't think of the reason, and his eyes involuntarily looked at Tang Chunjing who was being escorted in front, although the young man looked good, but except for a strong scholarly atmosphere, there was nothing special.

"Send people back. Li Ziyu spoke again, and the soldiers were reluctant to do so, and they immediately took action.

Feng Zicong looked at the soldiers who walked away, and felt a burst of regret in his heart. Because he received news that the emperor had sent a prison guard, this prison guard was still the emperor's nephew.

In order to deceive the emperor's nephew, he thought of a lot of ways, and finally did a bitter trick, he thought that a child must be what he saw and thought it was, so he planned to make people think that he gave up his life for the country, and he insisted on being on duty even though he was injured.

Unexpectedly, he was directly set aside, and he was sent back to the city later, if it wasn't for his insistence, he might have been sent back to Beijing now.

Although he was safely sent back to Beijing, his career also came to an end.

On this side, they began to fight in full gear, and on the other side, Lan Jing and the others, who finally came out of the Ten Thousand Snake Cave, were dizzy with hunger, and the wild fruits they saw, whether raw or cooked, as long as they could eat them, they immediately picked them and put them in their mouths.

Lin Chu saw Lan Jing looking like a starving ghost reincarnated, and he didn't care about himself, and when he saw food, he picked it up for her.

Lan Jing was not polite at all, said thank you, took it and ate, and finally after half an hour, he waved his hand and said, "I can't eat it." Eat it yourself. ”

After filling their stomachs, the two continued on the road, and because they wanted to go home, they went in the opposite direction from the barracks.

I have to say that the hike is too tiring, and before sunset, Lan Jing can't walk, he sits on the ground, and says weakly: "Lin Chu, I can't walk anymore, let's rest." ”

Lin Chu nodded and sat down beside Lan Jing.

Lan Jing hurriedly leaned over with his whole body, snuggled in Lin Chu's arms, and said, "Lin Chu, it's not a way for us to walk like this, and we don't have any silver on our bodies, so we're starving to death if we're not tired." ”

Speaking of silver, Lan Jing really regretted her intestines, because she changed into this snake-proof suit, and her purse was put on the carriage by her.

Lin Chuchu was also worried, and picked up a lot of medicines along the way, thinking that he could sell them for a good price, and then let Xiao Jing eat.

As a result, no one was willing to pay for the silver, and everyone's reason was that the silver should be kept to buy food, and it should not be wasted to buy such things that are not needed now.

"If you go further, you will go to the county seat, and there should be a pharmacy in the county to collect medicines, and when the time comes, there will be silver when the medicine is sold. Lin Chu said softly.

Lan Jing smiled faintly when she heard this, if she changed to another county seat, maybe she could still be optimistic and fantasize about having a big meal after selling the medicine.

However, this county is Wangshui County, which is the legendary impoverished county. In such a county town, what kind of things can be valuable? Even human life is not worth anything, let alone medicine.

After resting for a quarter of an hour, the two set off again, because the sun was not so big, so the two of them walked not so hard.

Finally, before dark, they walked to Wangshui County. Just as Lan Jing thought, it was only dark, and there were no pedestrians on the street.

After walking around the street, I couldn't find any food or a place to stay. In desperation, the two planned to turn to the residents of the county for help.

As a result, no one willing to take them in until late at night was not found, and the residents either did not respond directly or cursed.

In the end, Lan Jing, who was dead, looked at Lin Chu and said, "Lin Chu, don't wander around, they won't take us in." ”

Lin Chu sighed, took Lan Jing in his hand, and said, "Let's go and spend the night in the temple we just saw when we entered the city." ”

"Hmm" Lan Jing replied in a low voice, she was too sleepy to open her eyes.

Lin Chu looked at her sideways, his Xiao Jing half-squinted his eyes in the white night light, looking like he was about to fall asleep at any time, and hurriedly squatted down and said, "Come up, I'll carry you." ”

Lan Jing raised his eyelids and smiled slightly, shook his head firmly, and said, "No, I know that you are also tired, more tired than me, if you still have to carry me, I will feel distressed." Besides, it's not like I can't go. ”

Lin Chu didn't stand up, looked up at Lan Jing, with warmth in his eyes, and said, "I'm a man, or you're a father-in-law, and it's supposed to take care of you." You don't have to worry about me, I'm in good health, and I used to go up the mountain to collect medicine, and I often walked for a day or two before resting. ”

Lan Jing didn't believe it, but he didn't want Lin Chu to suffer, let alone be in a state of hunger. After thinking about it, he lowered his head and kissed Lin Chu on the lips, and said, "I'm not sleepy, let's go." ”

After speaking, he stretched out his hand to pull Lin Chu, and Lin Chu stood up helplessly.

In order not to be sleepy, Lan Jing chatted with Lin Chu and told Lin Chu everything she could think of.

The two chatted happily in the thick night, and soon came to the gate of the temple.

It is said that it is a temple, and it can afford it, but in fact, it is a dilapidated house, and it has been toppled.

The two walked in, and before they sat down, they suddenly heard the sound of Xi Suosuo, Lin Chu hurriedly protected Lan Jing behind him, looked at the place where the sound came from, and shouted: "Who is there?"

After waiting for a while, there was no movement, Lan Jing walked out from behind Lin Chu, sat down on the ground with a big grin, and said, "It should be a mouse and a wild dog or something." ”

Lin Chu glanced at the place where the sound came from again, rolled his eyes, and then walked over to Lan Jing and sat down.

Lan Jing yawned, stretched his waist, and said, "Lin Chu, let's sleep." After saying that, he lay down on his side.

Lin Chu snorted, and carefully lay down next to Lan Jing, his hand on her waist.

A quarter of an hour later, the sound of even breathing sounded in the noses of the two men, and their chests rose and fell regularly.

The man hiding in the weeds stuck his head out, looked at it again, and then slowly moved in this direction.

His steps were so light that he felt magical, and when he picked up something that was placed in the corner, he didn't dare to look at the person lying on the ground and hurried out.

When passing by Lin Chu's side, Lin Chuyi reached out and grabbed his foot directly.

He groaned, and his body was unbalanced and he almost collapsed. Lin Chu pulled him in time and asked, "Who are you?"

The person who was caught hurriedly raised his hands and shouted: "I didn't take your things, don't hit me." ”

Lan Jing sat up and looked up, it turned out to be a beggar, pushed Lin Chu and said, "It turned out to be a beggar, let him go." ”

The person identified as a beggar by Lan Jing had a scruffy beard on his face, his clothes were in tatters, and the luggage in his hands was even more filthy.

The beggar instinctively looked at her after hearing Lan Jing's words, and wanted to argue with her, saying that he was not a beggar, but when he saw Lan Jing's face clearly, he couldn't help but cry.

Lin Chu thought he was scared. Apologetically, he said, "I'm sorry to scare you, we also have nowhere to go, so we came here." You don't have to leave, we're not bad people. ”

The beggar went from a low whining cry to a howling cry, but in an instant, Lan Jing and Lin Chu were a little caught off guard.

"We're not trying to occupy your place, we'll leave tomorrow, don't cry. Lin Chu comforted.

Lan Jing had an inexplicable feeling, so he stared straight at the beggar, and when he saw it from above, he still didn't find a sense of familiarity, and couldn't help but ask, "Do you know us?"

The beggar nodded again and again, waved his sleeves to wipe his face, and the dusty sleeves combined with tears and snot, let alone look at the whole face.

"You cry first, we're tired and we're going to sleep. Lan Jing said and lay down on her side.

When the beggar heard this, his crying stopped abruptly, and he looked at Lin Chu in a daze, not knowing how to react.

Lin Chu turned around and pulled Lan Jing up, and said, "Xiao Jing, he won't cry, let's hear who he is first." ”

Lan Jing sat cross-legged, glanced up at him, and said, "You can also sit down and talk." ”

"Yes, the lower official obeyed. The beggar said and sat down across from Lan Jing.

Lan Jing expressed shock at the beggar claiming to be a subordinate official, and suddenly remembered that the officials of the Hanlin Academy who were exiled through her hand were exiled to Mobei?

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Why are you here?"

When the beggar heard this, he hid his face and wept, and then he couldn't make a sound.

Lan Jing was impatient and shouted, "If you cry again, Lao Tzu will kill you." ”

The beggar paused again, held back his tears and nodded, "I won't cry anymore." ”

"If you don't cry, just say quickly, who are you? Why are you here?" Lan Jing yawned again.

The beggar arched his hand and said slowly: "Xiaguan Fan Jin, who is now a branch jinshi, was appointed as the county magistrate of Wangshui County, and came to take up his post a month ago. ”

"Fan Jin?" Lan Jing muttered these two words, and a vague look instantly appeared in his mind, a middle-aged uncle, she had met once, and heard Brother Yang say that it took more than ten years to be admitted to the Jinshi.

"Who are they?, why are they so excessive?" Lin Chu said angrily.

Lan Jing patted him and said, "It must be someone from the county government." ”

"You can't let them go, who would dare to come here to be an official if this continues. Lin Chu said seriously.

Lan Jing shook his head amusedly, glanced at Fan Jin and said, "Since they treat you like this, why don't you just go back to Beijing and explain the situation to the emperor?"

"Xia Guan has no face to go back. Fan Jin turned his head sideways as he spoke, and then whispered: "I'm also afraid that the emperor will think that the lower official is incapable and will remove the lower official." ”

"This county is notoriously poor, how did you survive here until now?" Lan Jing looked at Fan Jin curiously. She didn't think that a person who had read for more than thirty years would be willing to beg, that is, she was forced to go, and she didn't think she could beg for food.

Speaking of this, Fan Jin was as happy as if he had just learned that he had won the Jinshi, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Xiaguan's lady is an extremely intelligent person, and she sewed Xiaguan's plate into her clothes. ”

Lan Jing and Lin Chu glanced at each other, smiled silently, and said, "Let's sleep first, and I will seek justice with you tomorrow." ”