Chapter 82: Escape
Lian Mo saw Cheng Zheng come in alone, and said with a smile, "If you dare to come alone, you are not small." ”
Cheng Zheng said coldly, "My soldiers have surrounded the city, what am I afraid of?" What about Yuanxin? ”
Lian Mo pretended not to know, "Who?" ”
Cheng Zheng asked, "My brother Cheng Yuanxin, you led someone to arrest you, will you know?" ”
Lian Mo pretended not to care, "Oh, I don't know, how can I personally ask about such a thing as dealing with prisoners, it may be locked up, or it may have been beheaded." ”
Cheng Zheng stepped forward and grabbed his clothes and asked angrily, "Where are the people?" ”
Lian Mo counterattacked, fought with Cheng Zheng, and caught Cheng Zheng in a fight, Lian Mo let go of his hand and said, "I heard that your hand was injured, sure enough." ”
Cheng Zheng saw that he was not in a hurry, and concluded that he already knew Yuanxin, "Let's talk about the conditions." ”
"Okay." Lian Mo readily agreed.
"What do you want?"
"I want you to surrender." Lian Mo is full of confidence.
Cheng Zheng refused, "Impossible." The outside of the city has been surrounded by me, you have no backup, you can't last a few days is you begging me for peace, I only think of my brother to come to talk to you about peace, you don't have to inch in. ”
Lian Mo disagreed, "I have two generals of your Cheng family in my hands, why do you have to make inches?" ”
Cheng Zheng reminded, "The two countries are at war without killing each other, I am here to negotiate peace with you on behalf of our army, not a prisoner you captured!" ”
Lian Mo chuckled lightly and triumphantly, "But you are now in my hands, and it is really ridiculous to talk about morality with me, a person who is extremely vicious and will be starved to death in a few days." ”
Cheng Zheng persuaded, "You have occupied the city for so many days, and the food in the city has been plundered by you, so you don't have to cry poor anymore." There are still a few cities ahead, but you are alone, and the battle line is too far to lose. I'll open the net and give you three days to exit the border of my big photo, as for the food that you transported away, I have the right to send it to you, which is the biggest concession I made in consideration of Yuanxin. Otherwise, I will besiege you to death, and let your father redeem you with chariots and horses. Whether you are willing to walk away with your whole body or risk your life, consider it yourself. ”
"There is some truth in the analysis, at first glance it sounds like it will benefit me a lot, but since I bothered to arrest Cheng Yuanxin, I don't want to blackmail you, how can I go so carelessly."
Cheng Zheng said resolutely, "You don't have to open your mouth for the rest, and I won't refuse again, you and I will save trouble." ”
Lian Mo sighed, "Cheng Yuanxin, this kid is really miserable, your deputy general saw him fighting with me but decided not to help, your brother knew that he was in the enemy camp but still didn't cooperate, pitiful." Otherwise, let him follow me in the future, he is also my cousin, and I will not treat him badly no matter what. ”
Cheng Zheng didn't want to say much, "Whatever you say, I'll say it all and say goodbye." ”
"Stop, don't you come once, and leave without seeing your brother?" Lian Mo blocked.
"You have to take care of it." Cheng Zheng said lightly, not showing that he was in a hurry.
"I will live up to your trust, and I will take good care of him. I'm afraid that he won't be used to eating here, so I decided not to give him any food, and the food in my city can last for a few days, and if he starves to death, he must be before me, if you are willing to consume it with me, I will accompany you. Lian Mo walked up to Cheng Zheng and smiled treacherously, "If you want to besiege me, you should first prepare to collect your brother's body." ”
Seeing Cheng Zheng hesitate, Lian Mo was in his chest, "I believe that Cheng Yuanxin is in my hands, and I want the wind to be the wind and the rain." I dare bet, do you dare? ”
"Take me to him."
"Okay, let's discuss it together tonight, how to choose."
Lian Mo asked people to take Cheng Zheng to the cell, and when Yuanxin saw Cheng Zheng coming in, he rushed over excitedly, "Brother, you're here." ”
Cheng Zheng walked into the prison and hugged Yuanxin, closed his eyes and refused to let go for a long time.
The guard locked the door and went out, and Yuanxin cautiously asked, "Brother, am I in trouble again?" It's me who is not good, and I still bother you to save me. ”
"Nope." Cheng Zheng said in a deep voice. I haven't seen him for two months, Yuanxin's haggard and sensible nature made him feel distressed and made him blame himself, Cheng Zheng let go of his hand and said, "You have suffered." ”
Yuanxin shook his head, "They didn't embarrass me, my cousin also asked me to eat and chat, and told me that you would come to save me." ”
"Cousin?" Cheng Zheng was shocked, he didn't expect Yuanxin to call Lian Mo like that.
Seeing that Cheng Zheng was displeased, Yuanxin lowered his head, "I said the wrong thing." ”
Cheng Zheng knew in his heart that if he hadn't treated him sincerely, Yuanxin wouldn't have called him that, it seemed that he had never thought of gambling with Yuanxin's life, it was just a bluff to see how many conditions I could agree. But now that I have seen his intentions, he should not negotiate terms with me again, so it is very likely that he will take me hostage, is he really so immoral? If the envoy is held hostage, if it is spread out, he will be despised by the people of the world, is he really so vicious?
Cheng Zheng pondered, Yuanxin saw his grim expression, and asked, "Brother, are you also trapped here?" ”
Cheng Zheng sighed, "I don't know, and I'm not sure what Lian Mo has in mind." ”
Yuanxin leaned into Cheng Zheng's ear and whispered, "Brother, do you want to escape?" ”
Cheng Zheng was surprised, and Yuanxin continued, "I saw the deployment map of the city's defense forces in the main hall today, and I know where the defense is the weakest, as long as we can escape from this cell, we can get out of the city." ”
Cheng Zheng was skeptical, and Yuanxin persuaded, "If you fail and get caught back, it's no different from now, it's better to give it a try." ”
"Okay, do you have an idea?" Cheng Zheng agreed, he had never done such nonsensical things with Yuanxin, and suddenly wanted to give it a try.
Yuanxin blinked smartly, "Yes, wait for the guards to relax in the second half of the night, watch me." ”
The two were idle and bored, recalling the past, Yuanxin asked Cheng Zheng why he came to Xijiang from the capital, and Cheng Zheng told him what happened in the capital after he left, Yingfeng, Yuan Chen, Yu'an, and Yishan. Yuanxin was very emotional after hearing this.
By midnight, when the two of them saw that the guards were drowsy, Yuanxin pretended to be in pain and shouted, "Come on, I can't do it, my stomach hurts so much, I'm going to die......"
A guard at the door came lazily and shouted, "What is it called in the middle of the night!" ”
Yuanxin shouted, "I'm a hostage captured by your Second Highness, if I have three longs and two shorts, what will Your Second Highness do to negotiate with my country, why don't you go and ask someone to come and treat me!" ”
"Okay, you wait." The guards took one of them to call for a military doctor.
Yuanxin screamed in pain and led the guards closer to the cell door, Cheng Zheng took the opportunity to knock him out and get the key, and went out of the cell door, several guards outside the door were even more vulnerable, the two of them easily solved it without making a big move, and picked up two knives with them, Cheng Zheng asked, "Where are you going?" ”
"Which is the north?"
"This."
Yuanxin faced north, closed his eyes and recalled the picture he saw during the day, and after a while, he pulled Cheng Zheng and ran to the right, "This way." ”
It was even smoother than expected, and the two jumped out of the city gate, breathing hard, looking at each other and smiling, and running into the distance.
At this time, Lian Mo was standing at the door of the main hall drinking wine and looking into the distance, and a general stepped forward to reply, "According to the orders of His Royal Highness, most of the guards on duty at night have been removed, and the two have escaped from the east gate." ”
Lian Mo nodded, drank the wine in his hand, closed his eyes and said abruptly, "Prepare to withdraw the troops." ”
Cheng Zheng Yuanxin and the two happened to meet Jinfeng on the way back to lead the team to patrol, Yuanxin seemed to see a savior, and ran over happily, "Relatives, I feel relieved to see you, I finally don't have to be afraid, do you know, I am afraid that there will be enemy soldiers chasing me along the way, and I will be scared to death." ”
Jin Feng nodded lightly, a little afraid to look directly at Yuanxin's gaze, "It's good to come back, I've been worried about you and the young master, go back to the camp and rest." ”
Yuanxin talked to him with great interest, "Jinfeng, do you know that I am witty, my brother and I can rush out of the credit is all due to me, I took a few glances at the map of the defense in their city and wrote it down." And their leader, His Royal Highness, is really stupid, even if he studies the troops by himself, he didn't even know how to put it away when he brought me over, how did he lead the troops to fight with such carelessness, are the people in Xichi so stupid. By the way, there is also, the stupidest thing is that the prison is closest to the east gate, and the defense of the east gate is the weakest, so I can easily kill it, my lord, at this time, their second highness is estimated to be furious, and their intestines are repentant, hahahahaha It's really interesting. Do you want me to write a letter to remind him, he is sure to give me the five bodies that I admire! ”
The three of them rode towards the barracks, far confident that they were in good spirits, and the hardships and frightens of the past few days had disappeared, and they were talking and laughing along the way, very pleasant, and they did not notice that Jin Feng's expression was strange at all.
When he returned to the barracks, it was already dawn, and Yuanxin marched into the camp tent with him, and Jinfeng knelt down outside.
Cheng Zheng said, "You go and rest, I'm tired these days, I'll discuss withdrawing from the army with a few generals later." ”
"Retirement?" Yuanxin was very puzzled, "Why do you want to retreat, we have successfully escaped, we are no longer threatened by him, and we have surrounded the city, victory is in sight, what kind of troops to retreat." ”
Cheng Zheng explained, "I have an appointment with him, he releases you, I will withdraw the soldiers on one side, and he will withdraw from the border within three days." ”
"However, he didn't let us out, we escaped."
"He put it, do you think that Lian Mo will make such a low-level mistake after fighting for many years?" Cheng Zheng said affirmatively.
Yuanxin suddenly realized, "me, I said, why is he so stupid, why didn't you tell me earlier, I was happy for so long, and I showed off everywhere, and I lost the dead." ”
Cheng Zheng chuckled, "Seeing that you are complacent, why am I embarrassed to interrupt you?" ”
Yuanxin asked, "But why did he do this?" Why didn't you just let me go? Locked you up too? ”
"Maybe he just wanted to play with you, he didn't plan to keep you in the first place, otherwise he wouldn't have shown you the city defense map."
"I thought I was so good, but I didn't expect it to be all in his calculations. Yes...... Not happy! I'm leaving! Yuanxin left in annoyance, went out of the tent, and found Jinfeng kneeling outside, Yuanxin turned back and said coquettishly, "Brother." ”
"What's wrong?"
Yuanxin pleaded, "Jin Feng is kneeling outside, are you angry with him?" It's me who can't do it myself, it's not that he ignores me, don't punish him, okay? ”
Cheng Zheng denied it, "I didn't punish him." ”
Yuanxin was embarrassed and said, "But he ...... now"
"If he likes to kneel, let him kneel, and if you are upset, go out and kneel with him." Cheng Zheng suddenly became angry, and Yuanxin didn't dare to say anything more when he saw that he was angry, so he turned around and knelt beside Jinfeng to accompany him. Seeing Jinfeng's lonely expression, Yuanxin began to tease him, and even said a few words Jinfeng didn't say a word.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Yuanxin waved his hand, "It's okay, you can still blink, it's alive, you can say something." Are you angry? You're angry because my brother is angry, and my brother is angry because I've been caught, so you're angry with me, aren't you? Because I was caught, I hurt you. But you see that I have been punished with you, why don't you say a word to me, is it easy for me in this cold day? ”
No matter what Yuanxin said, Jinfeng didn't say anything as if he couldn't hear it.
Yuanxin passed the time sentence by sentence, "Shall I tell you a story?" "Are you hungry?" "Do you know that Lian Mo is actually not stupid, I was played by him, and I get angry when I think about it." "My leg is numb, it's so uncomfortable, don't you feel it?" (To be continued.) )