Out of the camp, Zhong Ziyuan asked the soldiers guarding the place: "The prisoner inside is suffering from a high fever, is there a military doctor who has come to treat him?" ”

The captain of the soldiers smiled and said nonchalantly: "The general once ordered that only one meal a day be served, as long as he does not die." Now this Khitan dog thief just has a fever, and he can't kill anyone, so why waste the medicinal materials that we have been escorted over with great difficulty for him. Maybe these herbs saved can save our own brothers. ”

As a doctor, Zhong Ziyuan has always had only the distinction between the sick and the healthy in his heart, and there has never been a distinction between regions and races. But the captain's words also seemed to have some truth, and she couldn't refute it.

The guard who led her here also whispered and explained: "Doctor Jia, this Khitan dog thief killed so many of our brothers, and besides, he will die tomorrow when he enters the Juchong Pass, don't continue to worry about him, let's go back!" ”

Zhong Ziyuan smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "Forget it, let's go!" ”

After Zhong Ziyuan left, the donkey lay down again, and then calmly closed his eyes. The tent was not soundproof, and the sound of outside talking entered his ears in the slightest, and the corners of his mouth slowly hooked up into a sarcastic smile.

From his calm face, there is no trace of the negative emotions such as fear, insecurity, and fear that most people should have when they are about to face death. At this moment, he is more like a beast quietly ambushed in the jungle, waiting to accumulate enough strength to launch the most powerful blow at the critical moment.

I don't know how long it has been, but he has remained in this state of closed eyes. Even the location hasn't changed. From time to time, soldiers came in to check on his condition, and the captain of the soldiers, seeing that he was motionless, even thought he was dead for a while, and went up to check his snort. After feeling his breathing still steady. He kicked his scarred body a few times, and he didn't forget to curse in his mouth.

The donkey still kept his eyes closed, as if the beating had nothing to do with him, and the insult had nothing to do with him.

Until the second watch, it was already silent outside, and everyone was already immersed in sleep. Suddenly there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the tent, and the captain asked vigilantly, "Who is coming?" ”

A calm voice rang out: "It's me!" ”

The donkey's eyes snapped open. A cold light flashed through his eyes.

The person who came was obviously an acquaintance of the captain, and heard a soft 'pop', which was the sound of the heel of the boot hitting the heel. I heard the captain say respectfully: "I've seen Lord Duwei, I don't know what is the important thing for your lord to come at night?" ”

I listened to the lieutenant's casual words: "The general asked me to see how the prisoner is, tomorrow he will enter the Juchong Pass, he will still be of great use!" ”

The captain said loudly, "Please rest assured, Lord Lieutenant. My brothers and I didn't even dare to close our eyes. I'm afraid that something will go wrong at this critical juncture. Now the prisoner stays inside in a good manner, and there will be no accidents. ”

"Okay, when you enter the Juchong Pass tomorrow, I will ask the general to give you and your brothers a credit."

"Thank you, Captain."

"Don't be verbose, you take me in and have a look, and you guys are guarding outside."

"Yes."

The corners of the donkey's mouth in the darkness slowly hooked, and he closed his eyes again.

The lieutenant was led into the tent by the captain. He glanced at the donkey lying on the ground with his eyes closed, and frowned. said: "Why is he motionless, it can't be dead!" ”

The captain sneered: "This Khitan dog thief is very cunning and is used to pretending to be dead. His subordinates have seen it a few times, and he looks like a dead dog! After saying that, he stepped forward, kicked the donkey a few times, and shouted, "Hey! Don't play dead, get up. ”

The donkey remained motionless, not even his eyelids twitched. The lieutenant frowned, and he took a few steps forward and crouched down beside the donkey, reaching under his nose.

Suddenly, the lieutenant was furious: "There is no breathing, he is dead!" He turned around and glared at the captain and said, "How did you do that?" ”

The captain was startled and muttered, "How could you die, it was still fine before." ”

The lieutenant said dissatisfiedly: "Am I still going to lie to you?" Don't believe it, see for yourself! He stood up and stepped aside.

The captain was also panicking in his heart, the prisoner died while he was in his care, not to mention the credit, but he was afraid that he would have to eat the head of the row. He squatted down beside the donkey, and reached under his nose. A hot breath sprayed on his hands. The captain looked back in surprise and said, "He didn't"

A cold light flashed in front of him, and the sharp blade slashed through his throat, his eyes widened suddenly, but his pupils contracted sharply. A stream of hot blood rose to the sky, piercing his eyes. In a trance, he saw the familiar Lord Commander, with a hideous and unfamiliar smile on his face at this moment, a few drops of warm blood splashed on his face, and his hands still holding the steel knife that took his life.

The captain clutched his wound that was still spurting blood, his throat gurgling, he stared at the lieutenant, and said with difficulty: "Why? What answered him was another cold light, and a big head rolled out of the distance with a grunt, and his corpse fell down unwillingly.

Only then did the donkey open his eyes, and he looked at the lieutenant and said coldly: "You have broken your promise!" ”

After killing the captain, the lieutenant stepped forward, cut off the tendons on his hands and feet, and then said unceremoniously: "You are the first to break your promise." That night, you said that the only purpose was to burn the grain and grass, but you became greedy, tried to rob the grain and grass with a few hundred people, and wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate General Wu Xian. ”

The donkey said coldly while moving his stiff wrists: "So the people and horses you promised didn't appear, and you just watched my people being slaughtered?" ”

Du Wei slowly put the steel knife into the sheath, with a touch of cold arrogance on his face, and threatened: "What is it that you kill a few clansmen, you ruined Mr. Mu's plan, you are the one who deserves death." Don't forget, you are not the only son left behind by the Khan of Tianqing, and if you take matters into your own hands next time, you will ruin Mu Lao's plan. Beware of Mu Lao abandoning you and cooperating with your brother instead. Do you understand? My Jerodreh Khan. ”

Jerutheresh's body stiffened, and he lowered his eyes. Hiding the anger in it, he said sullenly: "I know, next time I will definitely not destroy Mr. Mu's plan again." ”

"That's right." Du Wei continued to proudly say: "In the past few years, it has been all thanks to Mu Lao providing your clan with salt, grain, and iron tools that your clan has grown stronger day by day. In fact, your brothers, as well as that Yelu Ye Zhuo Khan, have sent envoys with the intention of cooperating with our Mr. Mu. It's a pity that Mr. Mu didn't answer. He only chose you, just because half of you are of Han Chinese descent, which makes us Mr. Mu feel close. I hope you don't do anything to disappoint Mr. Mu again. After all, you can't afford that kind of consequence. ”

"Yes, I see." There was no dissatisfaction on Jerodreh's face, and he humbly agreed. It was as if he had been taught a lesson by this little lieutenant. It's normal.

Yeluteri's attitude made the lieutenant nod with satisfaction, and he said to the corpse of the long-dead captain on the ground, Nunu, "You change his clothes and go!" In order not to make General Wu Xian suspicious, I must go back immediately, and you have to walk alone for the rest of the way, and whether you can escape or not depends on your creation. But I've got a horse and some food for you upstream of that hot spring, and I won't be able to help you with the rest. ”

"That's enough."

Seeing that Jeruthereth began to neatly peel off the clothes on the corpse, the captain frowned in disgust. Then he took the lead and walked out. The soldiers guarding outside have all been replaced by the henchmen he brought, and the soldiers who were originally in charge of guarding were obviously poisoned.

The lieutenant shouted in a low voice: "Go! "A few people like ghosts. After him, he quickly disappeared into the dense tent forest.

When Jerutreh came out of his clothes, it was empty, and he let out a long breath of turbidity, lowered his helmet to cover his eyebrows, and quickly disappeared into the darkness

Zhong Ziyuan took advantage of Guo Chenghe's sleep, wrapped some clean clothes, and quietly got out of the tent with a handkerchief and pancreas. The guards guarding outside were startled when they saw her come out rashly, and hurriedly asked in a low voice, "In the dead of night, where is Dr. Jia going?" ”

Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly raised her index finger and made a silent movement, she raised the burden in her hand, and whispered: "The general is already asleep, you should be quiet, don't wake him up." I was itchy and panicked, I couldn't sleep, and I wanted to go to the stream to wash. ”

"Yes." The guard whispered in response, stepped aside, and made way for her.

Zhong Ziyuan nodded, and after walking out of the road with her baggage, she turned her head and glared at the two guards who followed behind her, frowning, "What are you doing with me?" ”

One of the guards stroked the back of his head and sneered, "The general has instructed that wherever you go, we must follow you to keep you safe." ”

Zhong Ziyuan's face darkened, and he said, "I said that I was going to take a bath, what happened to you guys?" ”

Another guard hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's rare to come across such a good hot spring, we also washed it today." We can help you look after your clothes while you take a shower. ”

"Thank you so much." Zhong Ziyuan grinded his little white teeth and said hatefully.

"You're welcome, you're welcome, you should be!" The two guards said with a smile.

Zhong Ziyuan thought for a while, and said slowly: "You must follow?" ”

One of the guards had already seen that her face was wrong, and hurriedly said, "Doctor Jia, don't be angry, this is really the order of the general, and we can't let you leave our sight." ”

Zhong Ziyuan suddenly showed a strange smile on his face, and said, "If you want to follow, just follow!" lest Ming'er be difficult to explain in front of the general. In that case, you can help me carry the baggage. Zhong Ziyuan's hand inadvertently brushed over the burden, and then threw it out.

One of the guards casually picked up the burden she threw and smiled, "Thank you for your kindness." He sniffled again and sneered: "Doctor Jia is really an elegant person, even with orchids on his clothes" Before the words fell, he fell down with a "poof". The other guard was startled, and just as he wanted to reach out to help, a faint scent of orchids wafted through his nose. A strong feeling of dizziness instantly hit his brain, and he fell down silently.

Zhong Ziyuan grinned, reached out to take back his baggage, and then apologized to the two people rolling together: "If you really follow me, I'm afraid that your general will be really angry." Sleep first, and when I come back from the bath, I'll give you the antidote. Humming a little tune, she got up and walked to the stream.

In the twilight, the stream murmurs, and the occasional evening breeze carries the unique smell of sulfur. The white moon hung high in the sky, sprinkling a light light on the surface of the stream, shining on the surface of the stream, like a light veil.

Zhong Ziyuan disliked that the stream downstream had been washed into muddy soup by those rough men, so he tried to go upstream. In her consciousness, she always had to find a secluded and clean place.

The surroundings are very quiet, and from time to time there are dead branches of trees, which stretch out obliquely like dragons, and cross the surface of the stream. Except for her own "creaking" footsteps, there was no sound at all. If it's summer, even at night, it's going to be a lively place with cicadas chirping and frogs chirping. The more Zhong Ziyuan walked, the more timid he became, and he couldn't help humming a small tune to cheer himself up.

Her tune is messy, and the only thing that is clear is her favorite song "Childhood" when she was in junior high school:

On a banyan tree by the pond

I know that I am screaming about summer

On a swing by the playground

Only the butterfly rested on it

Teacher's chalk on the chalkboard

Still desperately chattering and writing

Waiting for the end of class, waiting for the end of school

Waiting for the game of childhood

There's everything in the welfare house

It's just that you don't have half a dime in your pocket

Zhuge Shiro and the Devil's Party

Who grabbed the sword?

The boy in the next class

Why haven't you passed by my window yet?

Snacks in the mouth and caricatures in the hands

The childhood of the first love in my heart

Always wait until before going to bed

Only then did I know that I had only done a little bit of homework

Always wait until after the exam

I didn't read the books I should have read

An inch of time is an inch of gold

The teacher said that it is difficult to buy an inch of time

Day after day, year after year

Confused childhood

No one knows why

The sun always goes down on the other side of the mountain

No one was able to tell me

Is there a god living in the mountain?

How many days are always alone

Facing the sky in a daze

It's just so curious, it's so fantastic

Such a lonely childhood

Always wait until before going to bed

Only then did I know that I had only done a little bit of homework

Always wait until after the exam

I didn't read the books I should have read

An inch of time is an inch of gold

The teacher said that it is difficult to buy an inch of time

Day after day, year after year

Confused childhood

Day after day, year after year

Looking forward to growing up in childhood

She kept humming over and over again, as if she had returned to that carefree era. There was a sudden "click" sound in her ears, as if someone had stepped on a dead branch.

"Who? Who's over there? Zhong Ziyuan jumped up, her eyes staring vigilantly at the dark forest. With a flick of her wrist, a blue and white porcelain vase had quietly slipped into her palm. (To be continued.) )