These days, people have been walking like this, going over mountains and mountains. The team squirmed between the mountains like no giant worms, and it was strange that there was no sound when such a large group moved, and almost everyone was silent, just walking with their heads down. Even the Khitans were silent, no longer as fierce as they had been a few days ago, and they were like hounds full of vigilance about everything.

After leaving the Xiangling Ridge, the Khitans seemed to have suddenly become friendly and less strict with their captives. Even the vicious murderers were unleashed, and the prisoners of war could even get together to talk and chat while resting. Sometimes, the Khitans also join in, as hot as old friends after a long absence. This was unimaginable the other day.

Wang Jizhong remembered that when the team left Nanjing's Tongtianmen, one of the captives was cut down by the Khitan soldiers by the moat after only a few steps back, and his body was hung from a large willow tree by the roadside.

That night, camped in Yongguan. In the evening, the Empress Dowager Xiao Xuan visited the camp and saw Wang Jizhong and was surprised how he could be in the prisoner of war camp. Wang Jizhong said that he was willing to stay here, and the mood of the prisoners of war was not good, and he was afraid that something would happen.

Xiao Sui said happily: "I am worried about this matter, but Aiqing has helped me a lot, so I am relieved." ”

On this day, Xiao Xuan assigned a personal guard for Wang Jizhong, who was the most fierce sergeant who cried on the Ridge of Cixiang. Wang Jizhong didn't understand why the Queen Mother sent him such a guard, maybe she saw him by accident. For then he was standing beside him.

Wang Jizhong glanced at the guard, and felt that he might not be taken care of by him in the future, but would take care of him. Although he looked no more than thirty years old, his thin figure made people feel weak. He couldn't imagine how a person with this body could become a soldier? How did he charge? Of course, it is not at all surprising that someone like him was captured.

Wang Jizhong was right, this guard was a burden at all, not only weak, but also very timid. When he walked through the Iron Sword Valley, he held Wang Jizhong's hand almost all the time. A strange rock, a pine tree, a birdsong would make him tremble.

No one believes such a person who has been on the battlefield. Wang Jizhong felt more and more that this prisoner did not look like a soldier. His hands were soft, with few calluses, not hands holding weapons. If he really became a soldier, he would also be in charge of clerical work and the like. But from his conversation, I can't hear the sour smell of crepe, but there is a smell of hairpin powder.

Is he really a woman? It's impossible. Wang Jizhong denied his instantaneous thoughts. But then the thought squeezed strongly into my mind, and I couldn't shake it off.

Along the way, this idea hovered in Wang Jizhong's mind, and after a short flight, he came with a dive that caught him off guard. He watched a few times and made his mind firm.

But how could she, a woman, blend in with the male prisoners of war? You know, the place where she came in was the wolf's den. Yes, her make-up is good, and she is very careful, but her handsome face and thin figure will betray her one day.

What is the basis for her to be so fearless? Wang Jizhong suddenly remembered that she was Xiao Xuan's guard assigned to him, and he was shocked, could it be that she was a subordinate of the Queen Mother? But what did the Queen Mother mean by sending her? It seems that the Queen Mother is still not at ease and wants her to monitor herself.

With this thought, Wang Jizhong felt that this person was not only cumbersome but also hateful, and he didn't want to talk to her anymore, and he didn't even bother to inquire about her name.

But on the resignation ridge, Wang Jizhong changed his mind, a person who did not really lose his homeland. It is impossible to cry so hard and speak so emotionally. Who is she?

After descending the Cixiang Ridge, the team set up camp in a clearing, and after a while, it finally quieted down.

Wang Jizhong found a secluded place to sit down, and in the past few days, he had formed a habit that he would stay quietly alone every time he arrived at camp. At this time, no one came to disturb him, and everyone knew that he was thinking about something. And at this time everyone has his own thoughts. Since they set out on the road, all kinds of emotions have been mixed together in the hearts of the captives, repeatedly, fear, sorrow, sadness, longing for home, nostalgia for family, confusion about the future, everyone feels that life and death are unpredictable, and they are in pain.

As soon as he calmed down, Wang Jizhong would return to a small courtyard, the vermilion gate, the courtyard with verandahs, the garden planted with all kinds of flowers and fruit trees, the laughter of the children and the gentle words of his wife, everything was so warm, like a lantern that emitted orange light. The more Wang Jizhong thought of this, the more painful he felt, he knew very well that from now on he had nothing to do with this courtyard and the people in this courtyard. The so-called red sleeves add fragrance, and the childish waiting door closed the door with a "bang" at the moment of his surrender.

Over the past few days, the boring march has numbed everyone, and all the moods they had when they first started the road have been trampled into the dirt step by step. Everyone wanted to get to their destination as soon as possible, and even the prisoners of war expected a place to end the march.

"General, homesick again?"

Wang Jizhong looked up and saw that it was the sergeant, and he moved. The sergeant sat down where he had been removed, looked around, looked at the sky again, and said, "The sky is shining, and tomorrow will be another sunny day." ”

Wang Jizhong looked at the sky and did not respond to her.

The sergeant continued: "This is the best day to harvest the grain······ Sheep herding is also good······ It is best to herd the sheep while harvesting the grain, and drive the sheep to the grain field, you collect your grain, and the sheep eat the weeds in the grain field by themselves, don't worry about them, they sleep when they are full, really don't care. ”

Wang Jizhong still did not respond.

The sergeant turned his head to look at him and said, "The general has never confiscated the grain and never let the sheep goat, right?" ”

Wang Jizhong shook his head gently.

The sergeant suddenly said: "Yes, the general is the one who leads the troops to fight, where has he done farm work?" ”

Wang Jizhong didn't squeak, obviously admitting that he hadn't done it.

But the sergeant did not let go, saying, "What was the general doing before leading the troops?" ”

Wang Jizhong said in a muffled voice: "Accompany the prince." ”

The sergeant shouted, "Accompany the prince? Are you the Prince's man? ”

Wang Jizhong didn't say anything, and put his hands in his hair.

When the sergeant saw that he was in pain, he said, "I heard that the general was captured to save the people of a city, and you are really a living bodhisattva." ”

Wang Jizhong said: "It is the Queen Mother who really saves the people of that city, and the Queen Mother is the living Bodhisattva." ”

This is Wang Jizhong's heart, and at the same time, he still hasn't guessed the person in front of him, and he still hasn't dispelled the idea of being monitored, so he is wary of her.

The sergeant said, "I heard that the general was framed?" Some people don't save when they see death. ”

Wang Jizhong suddenly became excited and shouted: "What am I? A partial general is not counted, what is it to kill me? But they killed Yang Jiye and killed Yang Invincible. ”

The two Khitan soldiers hurriedly ran over when they heard the shouting and asked Wang Jizhong where he was uncomfortable? Wang Jizhong shook his head and waved them away.

The sergeant was shocked when he saw Wang Jizhong's sudden anger, since she had known him, she had never seen him angry, she thought that he was good-tempered, and he usually looked weak. But the way he was angry today did surprise her, and the light of anger in his eyes seemed to burn something he hated.

But Wang Jizhong quickly calmed down, turned around and said, "It's been so long, I still don't know what your name is?" ”

The sergeant said, "My name is Zhao Zongyuan, Zhao of Zhao Qian Sun Li, the ancestor of Zong, and the Yuan of the beginning of the Yuan." ”

Wang Jizhong said: "Have you ever read? ”

Zhao Zongyuan said: "Where do the children of poor families have the money to study? ”

Wang Jizhong said: "I heard you introduce your name just now, I thought you had read a book." ”

Zhao Zongyuan said: "That's all read by Mr. Murajuku, I don't remember anything else, but this Yuan is renewed, and I remember it really, that's my name." ”

Wang Jizhong said: "How do you know that your name is that Yuan? Instead of the Yuan who fights Chanyuan in the frost in the middle of the month? ”

Zhao Zongyuan's face turned red all of a sudden, but he said: "The general is really joking, the name is given by his parents, where can he say anything?" ”

Wang Jizhong looked at Zhao Zongyuan, his mouth moved, and he didn't speak.

Zhao Zongyuan was a little uncomfortable, stood up and walked two steps, turned around and said, "Does the general have any clothes to wash, take them out and I will wash them?" ”

After Zhao Zongyuan finished speaking, his face turned even redder, which was equivalent to admitting his gender to Wang Jizhong.

Wang Jizhong had already seen that she was a woman, and he was not surprised by her admission, but he didn't know anything about her origin, who was she? What is the relationship with the Queen Mother? He felt that it was better not to pierce this layer of paper at this time. He shook his head and said with a smile: "All the clothes are worn on the body, how can there be clothes to be washed?" ”

Zhao Zongyuan also smiled, patted the dust on his clothes, and said, "That'······ General, you ······ Sit for a while and I'm gone. ”

Not long after Zhao Zongyuan left, he came back again, bringing a Khitan officer. Zhao Zongyuan said: "General, this military master is looking for you." ”