23. Send grain and grass
85_85279After a while, the army was silent, and as soon as it was calm, Bao'er also came back to rest, I got up and walked to Zhu Di's tent by myself. When he arrived at the door, he saw a few bright candles shining through the tarpaulin, and Zhu Di really hadn't fallen asleep yet. I coughed vigorously twice, and Zhu Di responded from afar, "Come in." ”
I walked in and saw Zhu Di sitting in front of the desk, burying his head in writing. I walked forward, only to feel that the candlelight was swaying like a bean, so I picked up the scissors to repair the candlestick, this file of kung fu, Zhu Di has finished writing the letter, he bowed his head to blow on the letter twice, until the ink is all dry, then folded the letter in half, stuffed into the envelope, and sealed it with fire paint. After doing this, he finally raised his head and glanced at me, "Haven't you slept so late?" ”
"Aren't you in a hurry tonight?" I replied in a low voice, and after a long time, I mustered up the courage to ask, "Lord Wang, how much of our grain and grass has been burned?" ”
Zhu Di glanced at me and whispered, "Almost, all." ”
I exclaimed, "How's that going to be?!" ”
At this time, I can't help but hate Nuo Min to the bones, a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts, Zhu Di's team calculated everything between applause, but who would have thought that this stinky girl would kill her halfway and burn the grain and grass unconsciously!
Zhu Di angrily pouted at the letter on the table, "Well, this is the letter for help." ”
My heart sank and I looked at him with some sadness. Zhu Di suddenly laughed, "It is common for soldiers to win or lose, but you just burned a few handfuls of grain and grass, and you are so anxious." ”
In fact, Zhu Di himself must have been anxious about this matter, and now in order to comfort me, he has to pretend to be relaxed, and I am not good at frowning, and said with a reluctant smile, "When the emperor learns about this, he will definitely send someone to send new food and grass to rescue." ”
Zhu Di nodded, "You said this Nuo Min, what should this king do with her?" ”
I shook my head, "She is the princess of the Yuan Army, so naturally she can't be dealt with like ordinary people, the prince still imprisons her first, and if she is not disposed of, it is better to wait." ”
Zhu Di raised his eyebrows and said, "If you say anything about her identity, you don't have to, what this king thinks is that you and her are old acquaintances, and you just have a face." ”
I was slightly stunned, and suddenly understood what Zhu Di meant, he didn't pay attention to Dai Qin at all, Nuo Min did such a big thing, he wanted to kill Nuo Min with a wave of his hand, but he didn't. I was suddenly a little scared, although Nuo Min did pose a threat to Zhu Di, but it was not because of her personal reasons at all, there were different nationalities on both sides, different positions, and everyone was doing things for their own country and their own king. If he died because of this, it would be too pitiful for Nomin.
"Are you going to kill Princess Nomin?" I asked, scared.
Zhu Di sat back in his place, "It seems that you don't want her to die, come, sit down, and tell this king, what did you do during the time you ran away?" ”
My brain boomed, and I finally realized that I had fallen into the trap that Zhu Di had set for me. He is a cunning hunter, and I am his prey. He had been sitting on top of the tall trees, watching me get closer and closer to his trap, and now it was finally harvest time.
If I want to save Nomin's life, I have to explain how I met Nomin and Dai Qin. My palms and nose were slightly oozing with fine sweat, and Zhu Di sat there waiting for me.
I felt like I was going back to the first time I walked into his study, and I felt the same nervous and anxious back then, but in the end, it was all because I was hiding something from him.
"What, you're not going to say it?" Zhu Di looked at me with a smile, "If you don't say it, forget it." ”
I breathed a sigh of relief, "I said, but the story is relatively long, and the prince won't be able to rest tonight." ”
Zhu Di looked at me with interest, as if he was ready to listen. Seeing that I couldn't hide, I simply pulled a chair, sat down opposite Zhu Di, and told him how I walked into the desert with my hands on my cheeks, and how I met Nuo Min and Dai Qin. Of course, there are many details that I have passed over and told some innocuous little lies. Zhu Di propped his elbows on the desk, listened to me carefully, and did not interject until I finished speaking, and he let out a slight "oh".
I was afraid that he would be too careful, so I added, "Lord Wang, I met them purely by chance, and I followed them to their camp just out of curiosity, not to have any disadvantage to the Ming Dynasty." ”
Zhu Di glanced at me leisurely, and said with a little disgust, "Sometimes this king thinks you are very smart, and sometimes he thinks you are stupid and cute." If the king suspects you of collaborating with the enemy, will you sit here and talk to the king at night? ”
I stuck out my tongue, "Helian naturally knows that the prince knows everything. ”
"It's useless to pat the king." Zhu Di looked at me coldly, "This king guesses that you said such a big deal, and forgot to say the most important point, you plan to go into the desert to find you alone...... Brother, right? ”
I suddenly lost my confidence, and I looked at him left and right, "Princess Nuomin has an extremely stubborn temper, and the prince should send someone to take care of her, so as not to make her angry and do stupid things." ”
Zhu Di smiled and shook his head, as if he had seen through it, "That barbarian girl has fallen in love with the man you pretend to be, and this king thinks it's very interesting." With that, he stood up and walked to my side, approaching me step by step, looking me up and down, I was numb by his scalp, and stepped back, "What are you looking at, Lord Wang?" ”
Zhu Di stretched out his hand and pinched my face a few more times, like pinching a clay figure, and he didn't pity the jade! The pain made me grin before he smiled and said, "No matter how you look at it, you are also a beautiful lady with a human face, how can this Nuo Min treat you as a man!" ”
I blushed, "The prince is making fun of Helian again." ”
Zhu Di walked to the corner, pulled out a baggage, threw out a few clothes from it, and said, "Come, you put it on, let's go together to meet Genghis Khan's descendants." ”
It turned out that Zhu Di wanted me to pretend to be a man to meet Nuo Min. This man's mind is really heavy, knowing that Nomin likes this man I pretend to be, and wants me to go, he must be trying to use me to coax Nomin's words. I reluctantly went to the curtain and changed into clothes, and told Zhu Di that he was still missing two beards. Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and immediately sent someone a handful of freshly cut beard and glue. I was dumbfounded, so I had to glue my beard on, knowing that I couldn't escape this catastrophe, so I went outside and grabbed a handful of dirt and wiped it on my face, and when I turned back, I was stunned.
"How is the prince? Do you still look like a man? I asked in a rough voice.
Zhu Di arched his hand to me, "Master Helian, please, this princess of the Yuan Army, it's up to you whether you can be of some use." ”
I followed behind Zhu Di and slowly walked towards the place where Nuomin was held. Nuo Min is the princess of the Yuan army, and then burned everyone's grain and grass, the men in the army were already reckless, and hated her to the core, Rao is Zhu Di gave an order to entertain her, and she was also abused a lot. When I went in, I saw her lying on a pile of thatch that was supposed to be fed to the horses, with a lot of flowers tied up on her body, unkempt, and bloodshot on her mouth, her eyes closed, and she didn't know whether she was dead or alive.
Zhu Di glanced at the little soldier, and the little soldier immediately loosened the tie of Nuo Min, so upside down, Nuo Min also woke up, she first saw Zhu Di, and scolded in unfamiliar Chinese, "The prince of the Han people, it turns out that you have the ability to tie up women!" You have the ability to kill your aunt and grandmother! In vain, my brother often praises you for your true temperament! ”
Zhu Di only smiled to show his soft charm, "Princess, I heard that you were looking for someone, accidentally stumbled into this king's camp, and accidentally played with fire to this king's grain and grass storehouse?" ”
Nuo Min has such a temperament, and burned the grain depot in order to see Zhu Di get angry and angry, but she didn't expect Zhu Di to be so indifferent, but she became impatient, "What is a mistake, what is playing with fire carelessly, this princess is deliberate!" If you have the ability, you will kill me? What's the matter, don't you dare? You're afraid of my brother too, aren't you? ”
"When you see the people this king has brought you, talk about it." Zhu Di said, and then flashed to the side, so I was completely exposed to Nuo Min, Nuo Min glanced at me, and widened his already round eyes in shock, "You ......"
I stepped forward, stepped on the thatch where she was staying, and said condescendingly, "You Tartar! actually burned our prince's grain and grass! It seems that she is really tired of being alive, lord, kill her to make an example, or let me sell her to a brothel in the Central Plains! ”
Zhu Di couldn't help laughing, watching me act by myself, Nuo Min's eyes were already filled with tears. In Uncle Liu's caravan, she was so endured by humiliation and burdened with a little daughter-in-law, and now she really looks a little like a little daughter-in-law. "Tell me, who sent you!" I scolded again.
Nuo Min stubbornly raised his head, "It turns out that you are just a lackey among the Han people, but it's a pity that you have good skills." ”
I glanced at Zhu Di, and Zhu Di retreated, leaving only me and Nuo Min. I lowered my body and said a little softer, "The two armies are facing each other on the march, and your brother and the prince are both above board, and you have made a fool of yourself by intervening like this, and you have caused a catastrophe to the sky, which not only brings trouble to your brother, but also brings humiliation to your grassland." Don't you think about it when you set it on fire? ”
Nuo Min was speechless by what I said, his face was red and white for a while, but he just snorted coldly and ignored me. I think she is about a little daughter, since she likes me, why don't I tease her and see how she reacts, thinking of this, I deceived her and walked to her side, and touched her ass coldly, she screamed, shook her hand and wanted to slap me and was caught by my backhand, "We women in the Central Plains don't dare to beat men, only to be beaten." You're so savage, be careful that you can't get married. ”
"Bah, you don't have to worry if you can't get married." Nomin said angrily.
I pretended to be lewd and laughed, "A woman who has been in a brothel will not be able to marry." ”
Nuo Min's face was flushed, ashamed and angry, "You, you dare!" ”
"There is nothing we Han men dare not do."
No matter how savage Nuomin is, she is a little girl after all, she was humiliated like this by the sweetheart she was trying her best to find, how could she endure it any longer, and the tears finally shook a few times or fell. I feel a little unbearable in my heart, but think about it, if she doesn't spit out something, how can Zhu Di let her go!?
"Did your brother send you?"
Nuo Min glared at me fiercely, full of hatred, "Where can my brother send me, as long as I see your Han soldiers, I will kill one when I see one!" Seeing the grain and grass, hahaha, this princess is burning happily! ”
I glanced out, Zhu Di and I nodded knowingly, indeed, Nuo Min met the army on the way, and then pulled a small soldier to kill and sneak into the barracks. "I know that your brother doesn't have the guts, he will only hide on the banks of the Yenisei River and be a turtle with a shrunken head. Even if you're trapped here, he won't come to save you. ”
Fire erupted from Nuomin's eyes, "You Han are shrunken turtles!" Dai Qin has already rushed over with the strongest heroic troops on our grassland, and he will definitely kill you without leaving a piece of armor! ”
I pressed her body and covered her mouth, "Shhh Lie down and wait for your men to come and save you. ”
With that, I left her without looking back, and I could still hear her panting when I went out of the door. Zhu Di glanced at me a few times in the moonlight, and smiled crookedly, "I can't see that you still have this ability." ”
I scratched my beard on my lips and smirked, "Of course." That girl is also a fool, and she shook off all the old bottoms in two sentences. ”
Zhu Di's face was a little solemn, and I couldn't be happy to see him like this. According to Nomin's words, Dai Qin is not far from us, and if we kill us before the grain and grass are delivered, then even if we are outnumbered, we will not be able to withstand them spending a few days attacking again, and then where will the hungry soldiers be the opponents of that group of fat and strong troops?
"Lord Wang, do we have a forward to spy on the military?"
"I've been there for two days, and I should be back soon." Zhu Di looked at the sky with his hands, and his eyes were full of the vast sky, the moon and stars. Zhu Di has been fighting here for many years, and he should have seen a lot of such scenery, but tonight, there is a different kind of tenderness in his eyes, and those stars seem to be reflected in his eyes, making his gaze bright and gentle. He looked at the sky, and I looked at him, and I was stunned for a moment.
After a long time, Zhu Di stretched out his hand to me, but he didn't speak, and I didn't know what it meant, so I reached over and prepared to take it, but I didn't expect him to take me into his arms and whisper in my ear, "Concentrate on the stars, and there are no stars on this king's face." ”
It turned out that I peeked at him and was discovered by him! I couldn't help but blush. He held my hand with something hard against mine, because it had been held for a long time, just like the temperature of his palm. I touched it slightly, and then I realized that it was the half of the jade bracelet he usually played with.
I looked around, fortunately there was no one, if I was accidentally bumped into, it would be rumored in the entire army of Ming'er that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, turned out to be a good manly yin and yang person! Zhu Di suddenly stretched out his hand, tore it on my lips, and pulled off my two mustaches, I covered my mouth in pain and hummed, Zhu Di had already left my body and stepped aside, "Don't see Nuo Min in the future, it's not good to always pretend to be a ghost like this." ”
I was on the verge of amnesty, "Really? ”
Zhu Di had already walked away, ignoring me. I froze in place, wondering why the moonlight, which was still soft, suddenly became cold. Isn't it the warmth of the moonlight, but the embrace of a lover?
I walked back to my tent, Bao'er was already asleep, and I lay down quietly, still thinking about Fang Cai's dreamlike hug. It felt like drinking good wine, it was intoxicating, but I didn't dare to take it seriously. Anything that can't last is not true.
I took out my half of the bracelet, the fracture is still sharp, in stark contrast to Zhu Di's half, and it doesn't even look like it is separated from the same bracelet, ironically reminding me that Zhu Di and I are not the same kind of people, and we should not have intersected.
Nomin made a fuss, and the army stopped advancing. We stayed here for several days, and in order to save food, our daily meals were reduced by nearly half, and we could no longer train the soldiers. Even a person like Sanbao, who is moody and angry, began to show anxiety on his face. On this day, I was playing chess with Bao'er to pass the time, and Sanbao suddenly broke in and asked urgently, "Helian, did the prince send a letter of help to the imperial court?" ”
I nodded, "Yes, I saw the letter he wrote with my own eyes." ”
Sanbao shook his head and said, "That's not right, the letter sent in the army, it was two fast horses exchanging horses, and the messenger didn't rest, no matter whether the grain and grass came or not, the messenger should rush back with a reply." But it had been so many days, and there was no movement at all, but the striker brought back the news that Daiqin's team was only two hundred miles away from us. ”
I was shocked, "How can this be?" How long will we have the rest of the grain and grass last? ”
Sanbao shook his head worriedly and said, "Three days at most." ”
I immediately put away the chess pieces, put on my coat and ran out, and when I arrived at Zhu Di's residence, I saw that he still had an indifferent attitude, sitting quietly with a plate of ambergris. The hand is still the half of the jade bracelet. I stepped forward and asked anxiously, "Lord, how long has it been since your letter was delivered?" Why is there still no reply? Sanbao said that our grain and grass can't last for three days, what will these soldiers eat at that time? ”
Zhu Di raised his eyes slightly, "This king didn't send a letter back to the court, how can he reply to the letter?" ”
I was stunned, "Didn't send the letter back to the imperial court?!" Then you weren't ...... that night."
Zhu Di waved his hand at me, "Mountain people have their own clever plans, why are you in a hurry?" ”
Looking at Zhu Di's confident appearance, I believe that he is not the kind of person who does things that he is not sure of, but after all, he does not dare to be like him, Mount Tai collapses in front of him without changing his color, "What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the prince?" ”
"You can't eat the medicine in this king's gourd, so don't ask."
I returned to my residence with nothing, Sanbao and Bao'er were still waiting there anxiously, looking at their appearance, I really couldn't bear to say that Zhu Di didn't send a letter back at all. That letter is a matter of life and death for this army of 100,000!
"What did the prince say? In the past few days, I thought that the prince should be more anxious than me, and I didn't dare to ask. Sanbao spoke, breaking the silence, Bao'er still said nothing, just waited for me with her eyes.
I smiled wryly and shook my head, "I don't dare ask." ”
The three chief sighed and left.
The grain and grass are decreasing day by day, and seeing that the three-day period is approaching, the soldiers have even begun to drink porridge to satisfy their stomachs. Zhu Di still didn't do anything, and I began to wonder if my trust in him was correct.
On the eve of the grain depot could only make the last breakfast, suddenly a Yuan army team sent a messenger, saying that the team had brought the entire army for ten days of grain and grass thirty miles away, and it could be sent in just waiting for Zhu Di's words. Everyone was stunned, Zhu Di was already waiting in front of the camp on a tall horse, and said loudly, "Let them in!" ”
Looking at Sanbao's expression, you can see that he is in the dark like me and all the soldiers.
It's just that the generals will not be subject to foreign military orders, and they will lead the army to the general. Zhu Di said let them in, then they must be let in. After two hours, the team of twenty or thirty people drove in a carriage full of grain respectfully, Zhu Di first ordered the Huotou army to collect the grain, and then invited the leading Yuan army into his tent. Except for me and Sanbao, no one else is allowed to enter.
It's just that he made me stand behind the curtain and wouldn't let me show up.
The envoy bore the brunt of the attack and said to Zhu Di, "Fourth prince, our grain and grass have been delivered as promised, should you fulfill your promise?" ”
Zhu Di turned his head and said to Sanbao, "Sanbao, take this messenger to see if Princess Nuomin is taking good care of the general, and there is not a single hair missing." ”
Sanbao took the envoy out according to his words, and I realized that Zhu Di's letter was not sent back to the imperial court, but was sent to Dai Qin's hands, so that they could exchange grain and grass for Nuo Min's safety! I couldn't help but secretly congratulate Zhu Di in my heart for using his tricks like a god. Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice coming from outside the curtain, "Fourth prince, I haven't seen you for six years, and you haven't changed much." ”
This is the voice of Dai Chin! Only then did I understand why Zhu Di asked me to stand behind the curtain, because he was afraid that Dai Qin would know that I was here.
Dai Qin actually mixed into the team, and only took more than 20 people into the camp of the Han army! I quietly rolled up the corner of the curtain and looked out, only to see Dai Qin wearing an ordinary Yuan army uniform, standing among a few small soldiers, but his bearing and demeanor instantly overwhelmed the people next to him, looking a little out of place.
Zhu Di stretched out his hand and said politely, "Brother Dai Qin is so courageous!" I really have the courage to come alone, I admire my brother, sit down. Your sister is very good with this king. ”
Dai Qin walked to Zhu Di and sat down opposite, and said with a warm smile, "My sister has been pampered since she was a child, and she has caused trouble for the fourth prince, and I hope that the fourth prince will take care of it." ”
Zhu Di said lightly, "You and I are commensurate with each other, and your sister Benwang naturally sees the same as his own sister, so you will see the outside world when you say this." ”
The corners of Dai Qin's mouth twitched twice, and he frowned slightly, "Since the fourth prince said so, let's not go around the bend, what can I do so that you can return your sister to Zhao?" ”。