98.Chapter 98
Why did you arrest Ruan Bai?
Ruan Bai couldn't figure out this question, and Chu Hao couldn't figure it out either.
However, Gonggong Cai, who was in the dark, was thoughtful after knowing the news, and looked back at his godson, who had changed from a boiled egg to a soy sauce egg, and seemed to be chatting casually: "Xiao Xizi, do you like that Lord Ruan a lot?" β
Xiao Xizi is using the lunch box to cook lunch for the two of them. His craftsmanship is good, and the things that Ruan Bai gave him are not complicated, and he quickly figured out that eating dry food and dry food all day long made others almost become dry food. He was so busy that Gonggong Cai said it a second time before he heard: "Hmm." Lord Ruan is very good, he is different from others, he doesn't treat me as a slave. β
Their identities are awkward. Eunuchs, even if they can achieve the height of Gonggong Cai, even if no one dares to offend in person, they will still be looked down upon behind their backs.
But who voluntarily entered the palace to be a eunuch? They're just a bunch of miserable people.
"Tell my godfather." Gonggong Cai has seen Ruan Bai from a distance a few times, but he doesn't know much about his personality, but he has a lot of trust in Xiao Xizi's level of seeing people. The palace grinds people, and if you don't have much eyesight, you won't grow grass on the grave, and I'm afraid you will be assigned to do rough work. Xiao Xizi can be a small steward at a young age, in addition to him helping behind the back, it is more of his own ability.
Xiao Xizi put her things on the simple stove, and sat cross-legged on the cloth spread on the ground: "Lord Ruan is two months younger than me." However, I always felt that Lord Ruan regarded me as a younger brother. If there is anything delicious and fun to use, when he sees me going, he will give it to me directly. He also taught me a lot of things, and he also managed me and called me, but he didn't treat me as an outsider anyway. β
changed to another post, with Xiao Xizi's current identity, it is natural to welcome the horse. But Ruan Bai has so many backers behind him, and his own skills are enough, why would he treat a little eunuch like this?
"What did he do to you?" Gonggong Cai used to get some filial piety from his godson, and now Ruan Bai's business network in the capital has more or less his figure. It's just that his previous impression of Ruan Bai was nothing more than some capable, thoughtful, and blind tossing.
Xiao Xizi's face was red, but her face had been tanned recently, and she couldn't see it at all: "Lord Ruan said that I am less than eighteen years old and cannot drink." β
"Poofha!" Father-in-law Cai laughed and pointed at Xiao Xizi, "You kid, don't say that you are not yet eighteen, as far as your alcohol is concerned, you can't drink until twenty-eight!" β
One night, Kiko was humming and singing on a tree, refusing to come down. If it weren't for the lack of movement, he would have been dragged down to play the board. In the end, in fact, he drank a small cup of fruit wine. The fruit wine is still in his private collection.
"Humph!" Xiao Xizi continued to cook, and after a while, he turned back and asked Cai's father-in-law, "Godfather, Lord Ruan......"
"You just have to continue to get along like this with Lord Ruan. Since he treats you with sincerity, you can't be kind to him. β
Xiao Xizi frowned: "Oh. He didn't like such "orders", and always felt as if there was something wrong between him and Ruan Bai. It was the first time he had met such a person, such a ...... who regarded him as a normal person Brother.
However, Ruan Bai has lived two lives in vain, so he can only shake his brother's majesty in front of Xiao Xizi, and he is managed like a dog in a cage in front of Chu Hao, and he wants to escape from prison every day with the cage.
The accident that morning did not change the rest of the team's itinerary. After leaving the station, the procession began to move southeast, the terrain began to calm down, and the weather began to gradually warm, at least not as cold as before.
The towns you pass through along the way start to get more. People did not shy away from the convoy as they did in the previous towns, but shouted and watched.
Ruan Bai was very unhappy, many big girls and little daughters-in-law threw flowers and fruits at Chu Hao, and they were not reserved at all.
Chu Hao was agile, and the deputy next to him was holding a cloth bag, opening the mouth of the bag, and watching his boss throw it in his cloth pocket when he received something. The plains are different from their barren northwest, and the fruits are large and watery, and there are many varieties, all of which have not been eaten.
Ruan Bai saw that Chu Hao was busy, leaned on the window of the car, and beckoned.
Obsidian, who had been following the carriage, clattered over. Ruan Bai rode up in the blink of an eye.
A group of women with no vision, he is the white horse...... Ahem, Prince Dark Pony!
Then, he was thrown a handful of rotten leaves!
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Then, Obsidian also had a cabbage gang smashed on his head.
Obsidian Jet.
Ruan Bai cleaned up the garbage on his head and obsidian stones, turned back to the crowd and shouted, "You can throw it away!" "Before I finished speaking, something flew in again. This time he was prepared, reached out and caught it, but he didn't use any force, so he burst in his hand with a "chirp".
Horse eggs! Am I MT?!
The one who threw the rotten fruit was a young woman, who looked embarrassed, and shouted, "I'm sorry, I've thrown it too much!" β
Someone next to him laughed: "Little brother, don't walk on the side of the prisoner car!" β
"yes, go differently!"
Ruan Baiyan smacked his face: "Where the responsibility lies, don't change sides!" "Why does Obsidian have to walk to the prisoner's car? Although they usually walk in this position, but in this special occasion, shouldn't they occupy a favorable terrain instead of facing the "rain of bullets"?
The crowd burst into laughter again.
With such a big movement, Chu Hao is not a dead person, how could he not know. Because the occasion is not right now, otherwise I must have stuffed the guy who beckoned the cat and the dog back into the carriage. He was all targeted by the Huns, and he didn't hide yet!
It took almost an hour to cross a small town. The common people sent far away, and the county order took the lead in publicizing the bravery of the Zhou soldiers and the brutality of the Huns. The common people spread the word from one to the other, and finally it became countless versions, and then it became infinite worship of the soldiers.
It wasn't until ten miles away that the team officially bid farewell to the enthusiastic people.
As soon as Ruan Bai saw Chu Hao coming over violently, he immediately leaned on the obsidian's back, hugged the horse's neck, and played a standard rogue posture, comparable to a child rolling on the ground. Well, the ground is too dirty, and there are so many stones or something, so I still don't roll.
Chu Hao's face was expressionless: "Come down!" β
"I don't!"
"Brother let you down!"
"I'm not coming down!"
Tang Yan just lifted the curtain, heard the conversation and silently put it down, and opened the booklet to the students: "Mao Mao, let's learn another word today." β
Fang Maomao: "......"
In the end, Ruan Bai was torn off by Chu Hao, at the cost of obsidian losing two manes.
Obsidian: "......"
Chu Hao first asked the team to make a fire on the spot to cook, and then walked away with Ruan Bai for a distance, his brows furrowed: "It's not that you don't know that you are being targeted by the Huns, why are you still so ignorant?" β
Ruan Bai raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "Why am I not sensible?" You think it's safe to hide me in a carriage? I don't know when I'm taken away. It's not like outside, when someone targets me, everyone can see it. Besides, the safest place for the whole team is next to the prisoner car. "He finally earned his life in vain, but unfortunately he died.
It seems to make a lot of sense. Chu Hao finally stopped frowning, and realized his mistake: "I'm sorry." β
"Hmm." Ruan Bai had a big belly and forgave Chu Hao.
Chu Hao stretched out his hand and took a piece from Ruan Bai's hair...... Rotten vegetable leaves......
Ruan Bai silently turned around and walked away. He's going to disinfect his whole body a hundred times, with obsidian!
In the next trip, as long as you pass through major towns, Ruan Bai and Obsidian will be baptized by rotten vegetable leaves and rotten fruits. To be precise, the soldiers and soldiers in the vicinity of the entire prisoner car were treated uniformly, which made this wave of people very depressed.
The goal of the Huns, the Great Prince, achieved the achievement of Fruit Throwing.
The weather during the day is still very hot, not to mention Ruan Bai and them, but other people who have been thrown flowers, saying that it sounds good is called wind and dust, and it is bad to say that it smells of sweat.
On this day, the team finally passed a small river that looked good, the water was very clear, about three or four meters wide, not deep, even the deepest place, it was up to the thighs of people, and the shore was just below the knees.
Our military men in Shunyang Pass are hygienic and woody! Although no one really cheered out due to strict military discipline, everyone's eyes lit up.
Chu Hao announced: "Set up camp and take a bath in batches!" β
"Yes!" The sound of the soldiers' answers was deafening.
However, there is a lot of preparation before taking a bath. Some people first took local materials, made some bamboo fences, inserted them into the silt at the bottom of the river, and circled two "bathhouses". Two temporary curtains were encircled with bamboo poles. Although the soldiers didn't care at all, the Jingguan adults absolutely refused to be so gentlemanly and frank.
The key is that Chu Hao doesn't want people to see Ruan Bai taking a bath.
Then someone was busy washing vegetables and getting water upstream, someone was cooking ginger soup, and Ruan Bai generously gave a lot of brown sugar: "Don't take it personally, the river water is cold." In case of the cold, you will be able to bear it. β
The pot was big enough, the ingredients were sufficient, and after a while, the whole camp was filled with the spicy smell of old ginger and the sweetness of brown sugar.
After the first wave of military men washed, they immediately had a bowl of hot ginger soup to drink, and they took the fish they touched to the river to cook, which can be regarded as adding some meat to the food.
In the two bathhouses, the soldiers had to wash in groups of ten, and the officials washed in two or three people.
The officials were not slow to wash either. Like Tang Yan, although they have said goodbye to the white chopping chicken body, they have never tried to take a bath with cold water, even if the weather is hot enough at noon, the river water is cold, and they always feel that something is swimming around their legs......
Master Zhang didn't even go down to the water, and muttered with a blue face: "This is to murder this official, what is the intention?" β
It was Ruan Bai's turn to wash, Chu Hao wanted to follow, but he was pushed open by obsidian's head: Look at the hair, and then look at the hooves, believe it or not?
Chu Hao could only give way to Ma Zuzong, and then wash it alone.
Ruan Bai drank ginger soup and squatted on the shore to watch. The river is very shallow, and Chu Hao, who is standing in the water, doesn't cover anything, it's really ...... Delicious and delicious.
Hawkers, the posture is not enough to make up for the figure. Chu Hao's figure is still very attractive, and he doesn't look like an eighteen-year-old teenager at all.
Chu Hao was on fire everywhere, and gritted his teeth: "You wait for my brother!" Although the total distance is only a little more than half of the way now, the next thing is a flat river, and the horses can completely let go of their speed, and in seven days at most, they will be able to reach the capital, and when the time comes, "Hmph! β
Ruan Bai was unmoved, and said to Chu Hao in the water: "Catch a fish and come up, let's stew fish soup and drink it at night." "It's a pity that you can't make tofu, otherwise the tofu fish head soup is the best.
Alas, he had always thought that something as common as tofu could be found everywhere. In fact, he did see tofu sold all the way, but after trying it once, he didn't want to eat it again, and the taste was really ...... Subtle. Anyway, he couldn't accept it. Fortunately, I brought a lot of vermicelli when I went out, and the vermicelli fish soup was also good~
From Shunyang Pass to the capital, such a long road, and a certain speed must be ensured, which determines that they will definitely not be able to bring enough baggage supplies. There are post stations along the way, but most of them can't take care of so many people. So every time they take a break, they use local materials, like passing by a big town like this. The outpost will also pick up some local necessities.
They have money in a thousand households, and their quartermasters are even richer! What is the value of eating?
After Chu Hao completed the task of catching fish, Ruan Bai fed two pills to the Hun prince, making sure that he couldn't move: "Go and wash this guy!" Two more people washed the prisoner cart too! β
He had been walking by the prisoner cart and had been suffering from the smell for a long time.
After moving from the mountains to the plains, they now did not need to be vigilant on the official roads, and there were too few places for the enemy to ambush and escape, so they dared to do so.
The Hun prince, who had been silent all the way, finally said one word after being scrubbed clean: "...... Bai ...... "spoke the Great Zhou dialect."
"Slow down, I can understand the Huns." Ruan Bai said in Hun dialect, beckoning people to bring him ginger soup, and naturally there were soldiers to feed him. The soldier's movements were rude, but he did not deliberately embarrass him, at least not to choke the Hun Prince.
"Huh." The Hun prince let out a hoarse laugh in his throat, and suddenly said to Ruan Bai, "Serve this prince, and I will make you a thousand households." The most abundant pastures, the most beautiful girls, the strongest horses, and the most brave warriors on the prairie will all be available to you when the time comes. β
"Huh?" Ruan Bai looked at the Hun prince inexplicably. Is this still a little unclear? He is still a prisoner, is he really so confident that he will escape?
"Look at your emperor of the Great Zhou, you have done so much for the Great Zhou, but now you are just a ...... Yicheng. "The word Yicheng is in the Great Zhou dialect, and the Huns do not have the official position of Yicheng. The Hun prince said a little awkwardly.
Ruan Bai smiled slightly, understanding that although the Hun prince was not very good at speaking the Great Zhou dialect, he could understand it, and even had a certain understanding of the official rank of the Great Zhou. Otherwise, if you really don't know anything, looking at him getting along with people in this team, you can definitely judge that his status is not low.
"But what did you tell me to go to the prairie for?" What was the purpose of the Huns' targeting him?
When the Hun prince heard the question, he smiled at him meaningfully: "For a person like you, you can do a lot anywhere. If you are nostalgic for the Great Zhou, this prince will wave his army south, and when the land of the Great Zhou is conquered, what if you will be crowned a prince? β
Belch! Why did he want to be a prince, so roundabout? In fact, as long as he is busy with this matter, he will be able to become a reserve prince and wife immediately!
"So, if I want to be a prince, I have to rescue you first, then take you all the way to the grassland, and then help you attack the Great Zhou, and finally if I become a prince, how old will I be?" And even if the process is as smooth as he says, can he, a Zhou person, grab a big piece of cake in the mouth of the Huns without being eaten alive? Take a look at the fate of Wu Sangui in history...... Gee.
The Hun prince was not discouraged at all when he heard Ruan Bai say this, but felt that Ruan Bai was a little moved. Nguyen Bai can understand the Huns, which is good news for him.
In the following time, he would talk to Ruan Bai whenever he had the opportunity, and he would also talk about some customs and customs on the grassland. He could see that Ruan Bai was still very interested in these.
As a result, Ruan Bai quickly became familiar with some of the festivals and weddings and funerals of the Hungarians. If it weren't for the fact that one of them was sitting on horseback and the other was sitting in a prison car, anyone who saw them would still think they were good friends.
Chu Hao has seen how Ruan Bai gets along with good friends, and even more so how Ruan Bai deceives people. There were a few soldiers who were not worried when they saw this situation, but they found that Chu Hao, who was a brother, was not worried, so they were not worried. Besides, their quartermaster is very powerful, just a big Hun prince...... Hum!
If you want to defeat your enemies, you must first understand them. This is what works anywhere.
Ruan Bai had long wanted to know about the Huns, but even in the Great Zhou, which had been adjacent for a long time, he didn't know much about the Huns.
The Huns were a predominantly nomadic people, consisting of hundreds of tribes, large and small. Many tribes do not meet each other in their lifetime. Some small tribes act in a tribal unit, while many medium and large tribes are often scattered into families or clans.
When the climate is at its best, they settle in a particular place for a relatively long period of time......
The way of life of the Huns was revealed little by little in the conversation between Ruan Bai and the Hun Prince. Ruan Bai also had a certain understanding of them. It's all about people's livelihood and folklore, and it doesn't involve any military content, and even the specific location is rarely involved.
The Hun prince could see that Ruan Bai was very clever and very smart. The key is that Ruan Bai is still too young, easy to be instigated, and easy to be controlled by feelings. So in the conversation, he began to mix with the lives of some ordinary herdsmen, saying that they had a difficult winter, that they lacked iron tools, and that many people had never seen embroidery needles and silk threads in their lives, and that they could only use rough bone needles to sew and mend them......
Ruan Bai listened thoughtfully, and then walked around the prisoner car for a day in a trance.
It's kind of like poaching by people who can't get by for a lot of days. Why protect animals? As long as you know a little bit of natural common sense, you understand. Poaching is, of course, wrong. But for many people who don't even have enough to eat, protecting animals or protecting themselves? It's a simple either/or choice.
The law of the jungle is a natural animal law. However, the reason why man is born as a human must be different from animals.
Like when he first came through, it was a small tribe of Huns. For them, their family and beauty, this time they have gained a lot, and they can manage a decent wedding for their daughter, and there will definitely be better days waiting for them in the future.
However, this qiΔ is built on the broken families of countless Zhou people.
And now what the Hun prince said to Ruan Bai actually means - I am hungry, and the next-door neighbor has meat to eat, so I rob him. Whoever told you not to give me the meat, you deserve to be beaten. Who made you rich, you deserved to be robbed.
This is a poor in a sense, I am poor and polite, and I am still standing up and standing - while invading, I say that I am also forced to do so, all for the sake of my own people.
When he really got the benefits, he was sure that the poor were just as poor. Even if they are the main force of the war, even if they die the most and pay the greatest price, it is definitely the original aristocracy that is rich in the end.
If Ruan Bai could be instigated by such nonsense, then he would be called a ghost. He should really let the Hun prince go online and have a long insight.
The Hun prince smiled secretly in his heart, and did not interrupt Ruan Bai's contemplation. A teenager will "figure it out".
Ruan Bai, who didn't need to figure it out at all, actually played a whole day in a daze, and his mind was not empty, listing all kinds of plans, from the itinerary for a period of time in the future, to various independent and cooperative business projects, and more and more arrangements of his own people.
Even if he usually only does a big plan, there are a lot of things. This time he went to the capital, he had to see if he could find a few reliable friends.
There are only eternal interests in the world, and there are no eternal friends. Although the power of the Pingxi Royal Mansion is large, it has not reached the level of Cheng dΓΉ who covers the sky with one hand. Only by tying interests to a rope can he develop enough power, both overtly and covertly.
It is simply unrealistic for him to be able to have a status comparable to Chu Hao in a short period of time. He can only try to do better to make himself not like a soft eater......
Money, very important. However, money is not the most important thing these days. And the business activities that make the most money are quite low in social status.
Alas, it's really not easy to marry a wealthy daughter......
The Hun prince looked at Ruan Bai's appearance and became more confident.
Chu Hao frowned slightly, it's just a lie, do you need to act so hard?
In an eerie calm, the convoy entered the Gyeonggi area.
The three thousand Imperial Forest Army quickly wrapped the team led by Chu Hao in it, and even if there were more grandmasters or condor archers, it would be useless.
The Hun Prince: "Gah? β
Ruan Bai: "Hey! β