All the soldiers gathered in Tao Qing's tent and speculated.

In short, it was a bad guess, and it seemed that the paradise they had just built and their vision for the future were about to disappear in the blink of an eye.

They are only ants in this world, and their requirements are not high, but they only want to finish a day's work, and when they return to the tent to see their wife with enough food for the family, and listen to the words that their son has learned in the school, it seems to them that this is already a fairy day.

And the big people at the top like King Qin will not understand the demands of these low-level people, and King Qin only needs to make a casual decision to break the immortal life they are enjoying now.

In the end, Tao Qing waved his hand and said, "Don't guess, when I go to Chang'an to see the king, won't I know everything?" ”

"However, if the king really wants people to exchange with us, the general will have to fight for it."

"Nonsense, my own wife and children are also here," Tao Qing said: "In addition to being here, where can I bring my family to the army, not only can I be fed, but I can also feed my family?"

Don't worry, if the king wants to send me back, I'd rather commit suicide in front of the king than go back. ”

"Okay, we can rest assured that there is a general's words, if the general is not good, take all of us forward, and let's petition to death in front of the king, and swear not to leave."

"Yes, we are willing to petition the king."

Looking at the excited soldiers in front of him, Tao Qing couldn't help but smile bitterly.

At the beginning, he thought that he had offended the king and was punished for boiling salt, but who would have thought that today, they would swear to the king and petition to the death and would not leave?

He pacified the soldiers, explained some miscellaneous things, and then rode straight to Chang'an.

The road is still desolate, full of starvation and no one has restrained, which reflects the beauty of the salt-boiled land.

At least they can't eat food, and they have already started to have food in stock.

Day and night, not just one day, he finally saw the tall gray city wall of Chang'an under the fiery red sunset.

Tao Qing slowed down his horse.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted: "Someone, stop me, hold my head in my hands, and dismount, or I will release the arrow." ”

Tao Qing was shocked, could it be that it is so close to Chang'an, and there is still a robbery?

Wait, why is that sound so familiar?

"Xiao Song, is that you?" Tao Qing didn't dare to make a mistake, held his head in his hands, and shouted.

I saw that behind a boulder, Song Zhong led a team of soldiers out.

"Who are you?"

Song Zhong held the spear and glared at the person in front of him.

The clothes were not the original color at all, the unkempt hair was glued together with the beard, and the face was dark and the skin could not be seen, like a wild man.

It's just that the voice sounds familiar.

"Xiao Song, I, Tao Qing," Tao Qing said happily.

"Is it Brother Tao? Quickly put away the arrow, it's General Tao," Song Zhong put away his spear, ran to Tao Qing in three steps and two steps, and looked at it carefully, sure enough, it was Tao Qing.

Tao Qing had a high prestige in the Danyang army, and Liu Ping sent him to Dingbian to boil salt, and the generals were still preparing to petition collectively.

At this time, when Song Zhong saw Tao Qing's appearance, he seemed to be worse than the homeless people, and his tears were about to fall, "Brother Tao, is it so hard to cook salt these days, how did it become such a field?" ”

Tao Qing smiled slightly, thinking that it seemed that the king kept the harvest of boiling salt secret, so that the brothers in front of him didn't know how nourishing his life was now.

But this also meets his requirements, he just wanted to make a fortune in a muffled voice, and didn't want to show off.

"Hey, the days of boiling salt are naturally hard," Tao Qing said with a bitter face, "But we don't dare to disobey the king's orders, don't we?" ”

"Brother Tao, I've really hurt you," Song Zhong reddened his eyes, "The eldest brother saved my life at the beginning, since the king needs someone to boil salt, I didn't say it, I will go and replace the eldest brother." ”

Tao Qing: "......"

"Brother, I can't help it, that place is close to the desert, and the environment is really difficult, if you let you go for me, then I won't trap my brother in injustice?" Tao Qing's face was straight and he looked at it.

"Big brother doesn't have to be polite to his brother, we are all lifelong friendships, why can't we exchange?" Song Zhongqing said sincerely: "You come to guard Chang'an for me, enjoy two days of Qingfu, this Chang'an city is full of houses, where do you want to sleep."

I'll go to a tent for you and suffer for two days......"

"Stop, don't talk about it," Tao Qing grinned, and snorted, although his tent was broken, but there was a wife in it, could he let others sleep?

He immediately felt that his attitude towards Song Zhong was a little bad, so he changed his tone and said: "Brother, you are here to patrol the city, you continue, the king invited me to come for something, and I lost my company first." ”

In order to prevent Song Zhong from continuing to mess around, he hurriedly mounted his war horse and fled.

"Big brother, it's too benevolent!"

Song Zhong looked at Tao Qing's distant back, couldn't help but have red circles in his eyes, and shook his head.

In order not to let his brother suffer, he took the initiative to stay in that bitter cold place for everyone, and became like a wild man, not a ghost or a ghost.

wanted to change with him, but he resolutely refused to change, what kind of high-spirited festival is this?

"No, the eldest brother is a hero, and we are not a bad breed, I must contact a few brothers and petition the king, no matter what, I must change the eldest brother back, so that he can enjoy a few days of happiness." Song Zhong clenched his fists and swore secretly.

……

Liu Ping went outside to inspect the city defense, and when he came back, it was already the time to hold the lights.

A pro-soldier came to tell the report that Tao Qing had returned and was waiting for him in the study.

Liu Ping was about to find Tao Qing for something, but he didn't expect to come so quickly, so he came directly to the study and stepped inside.

The lamp was lit in the room, not very bright, he didn't see Tao Qing, and when he turned around, he saw a black thing in the shadow of the lamp, which was not a person or a ghost, and opened his mouth to show two rows of big white teeth, smiling at him......

"What the hell!"

Liu Ping felt his scalp tingle, this thing was too terrifying, he turned around and picked up the table and was about to smash it.

"The king, the last general Tao Qing!" The "thing" bowed.

", it's really Tao Qing, you're going to scare me to death."

Liu Ping burst into a foul mouth, patted his chest and gasped, looked at it carefully, judging from this outline, it was indeed Tao Qing.

He slowly put down the table in his hand, and said with a smile: "How did you become like this?" ”

"King, there's no way, the water that comes out of that place is all brine, and we can't wash it at all, and the clean water transported from outside is too precious, and we are reluctant to use it for waste, so we haven't washed our faces these days."

"Then you haven't seen Qing Shui all the way?"

"The king summoned the last general, and the last general didn't dare to slack off, and he came day and night, and he didn't care about it,"

Tao Qing was in his heart all the way, how could he be in the mood to wash?