Chapter 9: Return to the camp
The horses flew and brought back the two of them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info Before the people arrived, someone on that side saw them. Xie Tuo, who was in the tent, rushed out when he heard the news, and shouted to the little man among them, "Stupid calf! β
Xiao Shuai heard a familiar voice before he got off the horse, hurriedly turned around, accurately found the source of the sound, rushed to Xie Jian like a monkey, and naughtily called him "old man".
Xie Jump frowned a few times, weighed the weight on his body, and said unceremoniously: "Have you been a piglet recently, why are you so heavy." β
"I've grown taller!" Xiao Shuai pouted and grimaced.
Xie Jump slapped it over and said disdainfully: "Look at your fat face." β
Zheng Zexin couldn't help laughing on the side.
Pushing away the hairy child on his body, Xie Jian gave the brother in front of him a warm hug, "Zheng Yan, why did you come back so early." β
"No way, I miss my brothers!" Zheng Zexin touched his nose.
"Hahaha, come on, look at your usual seriousness."
"Brother Jump, don't make fun of me."
"Okay!" Xie Jump patted him on the shoulder, "Don't say anything else, you have to drink tonight!" β
Zheng Zexin smiled, "It's just right, I have something to discuss with my brothers." β
At the end of the day's practice, Qian Guang and a few other men heard Xie Jian say that he wanted to drink, and he didn't take a shower. They greeted Zheng Zexin for a while, and after a while, they each sat around with wine, and the flame pile in the center illuminated their interest.
They talked about the funny things that happened in them, and told some unserious jokes, and then they sang aloud, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Zheng Zexin and everyone else suddenly threw in a cool interrupt after the recording: "Brothers, I have something to say." β
Seeing his serious face, everyone quickly put away their casual mood and listened to him continue.
"It's normal for a change of dynasty, there are not many princes in our country, but each has its own merits, but the emperor has not set up a prince for a long time, don't you think it's strange?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Xie Jian said: "Politics is far away from us, I really haven't cared about this issue, but it's also strange, the emperor's first son was not born to the queen, and it is reasonable not to establish a prince, but then the queen gave birth to a son and he still doesn't stand, what's the matter?" β
Qian Guangdao: "Is that why the emperor's son can't do it?" β
Wicker said: "The boss also said just now, they have their own merits, and they also have a reputation among the common people, and the soldiers also talk about it in peacetime." β
Sun Mei shook the bowl in his hand, "The matter of the prince can't be delayed, the emperor himself can't not know this truth, think about the two sons of Emperor Jiangguang, how much the people suffered back then, obviously the people of a country, but because of the battle for the throne, they killed each other." β
Zheng Zexin looked at him and nodded.
Zhang HeiδΈ¨ said: "Does the emperor want to kill all his sons?" β
Ephedra, who was sitting next to him, knocked him on the head, "Then what do you do with your son?" β
Zhang Hei argued: "Ouch, I mean, he watched his son fight to the death, and then all died, the emperor himself will do this position for a few more years, and his son will be reborn, anyway, he just wants to have a reasonable excuse to be the emperor!" β
Zheng Zexin muttered: "Zhang Hei's idea is very good, since ancient times, the emperor has been ruthless, and in the end, he still puts his own interests first. β
Li Pang scratched his stomach, "It's really troublesome, anyway, it's our people who are suffering." β
Xie jumped and said: "I said Zheng Yan, why did you suddenly talk about this." β
Zheng Yan said seriously: "I think that instead of letting this uneasiness continue, it is better to determine a goal for Mingjun and follow him to do a good job." No matter how unwilling the emperor is, there is always a way. β
Everyone gasped.
Xie Jump smiled dryly, "Are you serious? β
Xiao Shuai said: "Really, really, the boss is with the five princes!" β
Everyone looked at Zheng Zexin.
He smiled, "Just as Xiao Shuai said." β
Sun Mei said calmly: "Why did you choose the Five Princes." β
Zheng Zexin said firmly: "Because he will be a Ming Jun." β
Xie Jian pinched Xiao Shuai, "Xiao Shuai, what do you think of the five princes you have seen?" β
Xiaoshuai thought about it, "En...... When I was playing with Zhao Hecai, he was smiling and watching but didn't participate. I chased Zhao Hecai without clothes that time, he told me not to let go of the wreckage, obviously I didn't commit murder, but I was subconsciously honest. There was a palace maid who said bad things behind her back, and he found out, and he actually asked the illiterate palace maid to write 10,000 mouths...... Well, that's probably it, I don't know how to describe it. β
Wicker smiled, "He's a nice guy." β
"It's not easy to make a handsome honest person!" Xie Jump touched his chin.
Sun Mei said, "Boss, do you want your brothers to follow you with the Five Princes?" β
"I'm willing to talk openly and honestly about this, so naturally I'm determined to let everyone agree!"
Wicker said: "I'll follow." β
Xie jumped and said, "I have no opinion. β
Sun Mei sighed and said, "My life will be staked on you in the future." β
Everyone else agreed.
"Boss, what's your plan next?" Xie Jian asked.
Zheng Zexin said: "The five princes asked me to train a group of people, in addition to you, I will also select some of the soldiers, and recruit people outside the battalion, of course, these must be done in secret, I want to train a good army that works hard for the five princes!"
"I have an idea." Zhang HeiδΈ¨ said.
"Tell me about it."
"There aren't many men in the town near the barracks, and they're too ostentatious, why don't we directly subdue the bandits and bandits nearby? They do this to make a living just for those few things, and they always want to follow the prince to fight the world! β
"Great idea!" Zheng Zexin thought for a while, "I don't have to worry about their viciousness and difficult training, after all, people are not born with bad roots, we just need to grasp the degree." β
Li Pang said: "It's a big deal to choose people and stay in a realistic way." β
"That's right."
Ma Huang said: "There are many exiled criminals in this generation, and we can also take them for our own use." β
Tie Zhu was a little disapproving, "Wouldn't that be too dangerous, stealing people under the eyes of officers and soldiers?" β
Sun Mei said: "I have a way to do this, my confusing technique has been much more powerful, Zhang Hei will make more fierce materials, and the brothers will cooperate to create the illusion of a landslide, and the prisoners will not be held accountable for the accidental death." β
Zhang Hei smiled "hehe", "This, you can!" β
Zheng Zexin looked at everyone with satisfaction, and his heart was happy.
Everyone makes a plan and implements it immediately. The first to do it was the exiled criminals.
In the dead of night, they found a place and laid an ambush everywhere.
Xiao Shuai threw out the drug made by Zhang Hei for those officers and soldiers to inhale, and after confirming that they all fell, Zheng Zexin took a few people to the place where the prisoners were held and brought all the prisoners out.
Several men sent the prepared explosives in the quarries and cells, and there were several booms, and the rubble was scattered everywhere without any measure, and by the time the peace was restored, the place was a waste of rubble. , they dragged the dummy in several positions, and then poured it nearby with pig's blood. After doing this, it was almost dawn, and they woke up the soldiers and officials one by one, and Sun Mei bewildered them separately, and there was expected confusion in the eyes of those people, thinking that they had seen all the prisoners in the landslide, and they were stunned by the fake pig's blood, so they scattered in a panic, and hurriedly fled for their lives in the distance. At this time, Zheng Zexin and his party came out to do the final finishing work and completely blew up this area.
And the criminals who were brought out couldn't figure out the situation for a while, and they were covered with their heads covered in a daze, and followed the tow for a long time. There was a faint sound of rooster crowing, and after the hood was removed, the sudden bright light made them unable to adapt for a while. When the line of sight was clear, there were several masked men in front of them, who did not dare to move or look around, so they could only wait quietly for what would happen next.
Zheng Zexin saw that several of them were injured, so he asked Zhang Hei to hand them some medicine.
Those people took it, thinking that it was a great grace, and they couldn't help but kneel.
Zheng Zexin said lightly: "No need to thank you so early, although I took you to escape from that place, there is no food in the world." β
The men looked at each other, and one of them said, "Is there anything the benefactor wants us to do?" β
"I want your lives."
Some of them were pale and some were even angry, but they didn't speak.
"Of course, I give you the power to choose. I won't stop you from staying or wanting to leave, but after you leave here, your life and death have nothing to do with me. β
They are silent, they are struggling internally, and most people think, where can they go?
Most of these prisoners have committed crimes with their entire families, and their names are marked on the official register, and if they are discovered, they will be arrested and returned, and they do not want to live like that. If it is said that those who flee far away are going to other countries, penniless, injured and sick, how to go.
"How?" Zheng Zexin did not give them more time to think about it.
Some people were the first to say that they were willing to stay, and the rest of the people finally followed.
"To follow me is to be born and die, you should think about this sentence." After Zheng Zexin said this, he asked everyone to get up, and then asked his companions to cover their eyes with strips of cloth and led them to a hidden area fifty miles away from the barracks, where the peaks were crisscrossed, the smoke was filled, the green forests were layered, the flowers and plants on the land were dyed with dampness by the streams that flowed, and the shallow caves were chaotic and quiet, and there was nothing else, pure nature.
After leaving those people behind, Zheng Zexin quickly hid in the distance and secretly released arrow feathers to untie them, so he returned to the camp safely.
As soon as Qian Guang sat down, he raised his own question, "Boss, why did you let people go again after you finally brought them back?" β
Zheng Zexin smiled, "After all, they are not like us, they know their roots and have the friendship of brothers and colleagues." There are too many variables, so they have to strengthen their will. β
Sun Mei said: "The life of exiled criminals is miserable, and when they are taken away from those days, no matter who the other party is, they are willing to follow, most of them are impulsive and blind. β
Zheng Zexin nodded, "They have to be willing." β
"Then why did you bring it to that place?" Li Pang asked.
Wicker then said, "Is it to test them?" β
Zheng Zexin said: "Yes, everyone has seen the environment there, as long as they have hands and feet to survive, it is not difficult to survive, at this time, all of them are the same, and they have to pay to continue to live." β
Xie Jump clapped his hands, "You want to make them realize the meaning of their existence!" β
Sun Mei said: "Not only that, if they consciously remember that they are the boss, then what will they do to prove themselves." β
Wicker said: "There will be a leader among them, and they will even make some rules." β
Zheng Zexin said slowly, "When everyone finds what they can do and position, we will appear again." β
Xie Jian held his chin, "Is it the real income then?" β
"Exactly."
Zheng Zexin instructed Tie Zhu and Zeng Scar to observe the movements of those people from time to time, and Wicker and Ephedra secretly sent some food and clothing over every once in a while.
"Remember, don't send too many things, depending on what they report.
Four people should go down.
As for those who were left behind, they were very confused at first, not knowing what to do, and subconsciously thought that Zheng Zexin and those people would not leave them alone, and most of them just sat and waited.
A few men were the first to look for food, and found some wild fruits and a few hares, and quarreled because of the uneven distribution, and then divided into several groups, and those who had the strength to eat were the leaders.
These leaders also added people who had some relationship with them, so that in the end, except for a few related women, children and children, some other injured and sick weak people had no one to take care of at all.
The weak, who had nothing to rely on, were able to go out on their own to forage for food, and because of their weakness and because of the unauthorized division of the area by those who took the lead in the crowd, they had too few ways to obtain food, so they had to dig up tree roots to satisfy their hunger.
Originally, there were some members of the team who wanted to help these weak people, but because of the limited food and the fact that they couldn't make the decision, they could only pretend that they didn't see it. If you help others, the next person who is abandoned is yourself, such thoughts slowly erode people's minds, and even many people began to complain about Zheng Zexin.
Hearing the recent situation of those people reported by Tie Zhu and Zeng Scar, Zheng Zexin frowned, how long has it been like this, and Wicker and Ephedra think that if they send food, they will definitely be robbed by the so-called strong among them, so their differences will be even greater, so they can only wait and see what happens.
"This will not work, even if the capable person loses his humanity, he will never be able to use it! Xiaoshuai, go and see it with me. Zheng Zexin thinks it's time to do something.
"Got it, Boss." Xiao Shuai put the newly made slingshot in his arms and was ready
When it was dark, they went there and hid and observed.
Some people are snatching today's food, and the two who hit the hardest should be the leaders of the squad, a man named Gong Xing is dragging the head of another man named Wei Sha to the ground, pointing to the wound on his face, and saying fiercely: "This is in return for what you gave yesterday, hahahaha......" A few more heavy punches went down, and the people on the ground fainted, he pulled things from between the hands of the two people to the side, and angrily shouted to the opposite side, "Get out!" β
Weisha's men hurriedly carried the men and left with the little food left.
Gong Xing picked up a fruit and bit it, praised its deliciousness inarticulately, and then distributed some to his subordinates.
"Thank you, boss!" The men smiled.
"Huh?" Gong Xing suddenly felt that there was something nearby, so he looked at the most suspicious place.
"Boss, what's wrong?"
A small gray figure hid behind a tree, holding a few fruits in his hand tightly, not daring to move.
Gong Xing approached the tree.
Xiao Shuai, who was peeking on the side, was about to use a slingshot to help the thin child, Zheng Zexin grabbed him and whispered, "Look." β
A few people came over, and the leader said to Gong Xing: "Gong Xing, today's results are good." β
"Guo Li, do you want to come and make a kick too?" Gong Xing took a posture of preparing to dry the frame.
Guo Li hurriedly shook his hand, "How can I be, the strongest people here have been defeated by you, where am I your opponent." β
It turned out to be to compliment him, "Hmph." Gong Xing's face was full of pride, and he walked up to Guo Li and the others, staring at the woman beside Guo Li with burning eyes.
Guo Li blocked her and gave the sweet potato in his hand to Gong Xing, "This is freshly baked, don't you mind tasting it?" β
Gong Xing took it, sniffed it, and then bit it down.
Guo Li said respectfully: "We still have to leave beforehand, so we won't disturb you." β
Gong Xing pouted and left with his subordinates.
The little boy who was hiding under the tree was relieved to leave the tree.