"What is this?"

Zheng Zhi fumbled with the bottom of the box and pulled out a strip of cloth the length of an adult's forearm.

The strip of cloth is made of linen, the middle is very fluffy, and the middle is a hole that is deliberately vacated so that people can put it in.

It's just an ancient hand cage.

Zheng Zhi looked at the hand cage in his hand suspiciously, and couldn't tell what it was doing.

I put a cage on my head, and I couldn't put it in alive or dead, and I got angry when I tried to try.

Angrily, he swept the box under the table with cotton:

"Sun Ying, do you think I'm a fool?"

"Damn, be careful!"

Before Sun Ying could speak, Li Chengyang said impatiently.

After saying that, he wanted to go forward, trying to save the dead branch on the ground.

He could see clearly just now that the cotton on it hadn't been plucked yet, and there must be seeds in it.

Just about to take a step but found that he was still tied up, one of them broke the rope on his body with force, and took a few steps forward to carefully pick up the dead branches on the ground.

After careful inspection, although the branches are somewhat damaged, the seeds are still intact.

It can be seen that Sun Ying has wasted a lot of thoughts, drying the plants very dry, and the seeds have not deteriorated.

Carefully took off a few cotton flowers, and said to Zheng Zhi, who was already stunned:

"Fortunately, this cotton is fine, if you really smash it, your ten lives will not be enough to compensate!"

Zheng Zhizhen didn't hear his words at all, and seriously said that he didn't react at all,

Tremblingly pointed at Li Chengyang:

"You, who the hell are you, no, is the rope broken, come on! Come! ”

Li Chengyang stuffed a few cotton flowers into his waist and took the hand cage from Zheng Zhi's hand.

I put it on my hand and turned it upside down, it was a little heavier than expected, and there were some hard bumps inside, thinking that the seeds of cotton had not been picked out, but it was definitely cotton.

Pull Xiao'er's hand up and stuff her hand into the hand cage:

"How's it going, warm or not?"

Xiao'er nodded in surprise, put her hand in front of her and looked up and down:

"Young Master, isn't this Bai Diezi? There are a lot of them at home, but I don't want to use it like this.

The young master really knows everything! ”

Li Chengyang frowned: "Have this thing at home?" How come I never saw it? ”

Xiao'er smiled slightly: "Those are all treasures in the back garden, and you rarely go to the back garden,

I don't think I've ever seen it! ”

Li Chengyang nodded: "The cotton there, no, is there a lot of white stacks?" ”

Xiao'er closed her eyes and thought about it: "This is a tribute sent by Gao Chang, for ornamentation, there are not many in the palace, and it doesn't add up to the appearance of white plants." ”

"Yes, I see."

Then he turned his head to look at Sun Ying, who had been controlled by Li Shi, and Zheng Zhi, who was still clamoring for someone to come:

"Don't scream, even if you scream and cut your throat, no one will come to save you!"

Zheng Zhi spread out on the ground and kicked his legs straight, tried to step back a long way, and stammered:

"Who the hell are you? What about the people in my house? ”

Li Chengyang shrugged his shoulders and shouted outside:

"Come in, all of you, so that your Lord may have a good look at you."

As soon as the words fell, a group of people dressed as servants rushed in from outside, and protected Li Chengyang and the four of them in an instant.

Zheng Zhi was stunned to see his family obeying other people's words, and he was immediately so frightened that he couldn't speak.

"Spare your life!"

Anyway, it was the instinct to survive that told him that he couldn't say nothing now, and in the end he was stunned to hold back a few words.

"Spare you? Have you ever spared me? ”

Li Chengyang separated the crowd and took a few steps forward to face Zheng Zhi.

Zheng Zhi looked at Li Chengyang's big black face carefully, and he couldn't remember where he had seen this face.

"Childe, uncle, the little one doesn't know where to offend you,

Please also ask your lord to spare me a lot, I will be a cow and a horse for you,

No, I'll be your dog, it's the same dog as Sun Ying,

Please spare my life! ”

Li Chengyang shook his head and looked at Zheng Zhi with disappointment: "You still haven't recognized me, come here, come and make a basin of water." ”

……

After washing his face a few times and changing five basins of water, Li Chengyang revealed his true face.

Then he put his face in front of Zheng Zhi, and said gloomily:

"And now? Do you recognize me? ”

Zheng Zhi stared at the delicate face in front of him again, and gradually, a trace of the memory of the past poured out:

That was a few years ago, when he was a small soldier.

At that time, it was Wang Shichong who occupied Luoyang, and the whole Luoyang was in chaos.

And Zheng Zhi, as a small soldier, is naturally under the command of Wang Shichong, an unknown and ordinary soldier.

Later, Wang Shichong tossed Luoyang too hard, starving everywhere, and the people were struggling to make a living.

More and more people died, and it was not long before you could come across a still warm corpse in the city.

Wang Shichong was afraid that these corpses would cause a plague in the city, and ordered his soldiers to drive all the refugees out of the city.

At that time, Zheng Zhi was tantamount to a guy full of ambition.

As soon as the order came, he rushed out of the door.

Most of the other soldiers were also locals, and they were familiar with many refugees, and they could only persuade them with good words.

This is naturally not very efficient, and there are even many soldiers who secretly help the refugees hide in the city.

Zheng Zhi feels that his opportunity has come, isn't it time to show himself?

Everyone is juggling errands, which highlights his extraordinaryness even more.

Immediately, whether men, women, young or old, whether they were once rich or noble, there was only one sentence here in Zheng Zhi.

Go or die.

Although such an immoral behavior made him receive a lot of criticism in the army, he was also fortunate to be appreciated by the superiors, and he was promoted for the first time in his life.

Later, he intensified his efforts, and he no longer showed how capable he was all the time.

One day, he found an old woman in the city who was dying of starvation and her grandchildren secretly begging on the road.

The upright Zheng Zhi naturally couldn't see that there were still people in Luoyang City suffering like this.

Immediately, they kicked and beat the two grandparents out of the city.

It was just one of countless chases, and he couldn't remember how many times he had done it.

It's just that now when I look at the face in front of me, that picture suddenly appears in front of me.

An old woman, who seemed to be unable to walk, took a thin monkey-like grandson, clinging to his leg and begging.

"Get out, the old immortal with a long-deserved one, I'll get out of the military master!"

……

"You are? That little beggar once was? ”

Zheng Zhi looked at Li Chengyang in disbelief, with a look of doubt on his face.

"That's right! But there are no rewards, how about it, isn't it a surprise? ”

Li Chengyang snapped his fingers, and then patted the pale cheek.

"Poof!"

Zheng Zhi seemed to remember something, turned over and knelt on the ground, hugging Li Chengyang's thigh:

"Please, go around me, now I know everyone in Luoyang, I still have value,

As long as you spare me, this Luoyang City is yours,

Luoyang Ling, yes, and Luoyang Ling, if you kill me, Luoyang Ling won't spare you! ”

Li Chengyang looked down at Zheng Zhi, who was crying, and frowned slightly:

"Look, even if I have a great hatred for you, I can't bear to be rough with you now!"

When Zheng Zhi heard this, his hands were hugged tighter, and he cried even louder:

"Thank you, Childe, what do you want, money? Woman? I've got it all for you! ”

Li Chengyang nodded his head:

"Who said I was going to spare you, I just wanted to ask,

Even so, I have some sympathy for you, why did you be so cruel to me and Grandma in the first place,

Just kick us to death? ”

"Nope! I didn't do it! Zheng Zhi shouted almost frantically, and then pointed to Sun Ying with one hand:

"It's him, it's him who provoked you every day, didn't you still blind his eyes,

It's a good fight, yes, it's him,

You're mistaken, I never knew you, it was Sun Ying who did it!

You go to him, kill him, let him die, I'll do it, make sure you don't get your hands dirty! ”

Zheng Zhi had already begun to collapse a little, but the last bit of reason made the last move.

It's a pity that these didn't have the slightest effect on Li Chengyang, he looked back at Sun Ying, who was held up by Li Shi with a dagger, and smiled at Zheng Zhi:

"He will die, you will die, you will die before him, and you will have a good exchange after the two of you go down!"

After speaking, Li Chengyang stretched out his hand behind him, and the secret guard behind him sent his dagger to Li Chengyang.

"Nope! Don't! ”

Zheng Zhi had collapsed, and a puddle of unknown liquid gradually accumulated under his body.

Li Chengyang slowly raised the dagger and whispered to himself:

"I didn't intend to trouble you, but who let Grandma's tomb be occupied,

Whoever let you miss the face at this time, count you unlucky! ”

As he spoke, he was about to stab the dagger down.

Zheng Zhi had already given up resistance, and waited for the moment when his life ended with his eyes closed.

At this moment:

"Da Da Da!"

A hurried sound of horses' hooves sounded from outside, and Li Chengyang stopped what he was doing.

Zheng Zhi suddenly opened his eyes, listened attentively, and suddenly rejoiced:

"I tell you, my soldiers have arrived, and I advise you to let me go now.

Otherwise, under the chaos of my army, none of you will survive! ”

Li Chengyang looked at Zheng Zhi, who was angry in an instant, with a smile, and the corners of his mouth hooked:

"Your subordinates? Do you really have so many cavalry under your men? ”

Zheng Zhi was stunned, and stood up from the ground with a swish:

"It must be that Luoyang Ling knew that there were rebellious ministers and thieves in this place, and specially transferred soldiers and horses from outside.

Your time of death is coming, let me go, let me go and I will keep you alive! ”

The flame of hope in Zheng Zhi's eyes burned more and more vigorously, and his words gradually became more confident.

At this time, if you ignore the puddle of water on the ground, no one can see what this sanctimonious expression is just now.

The sound of horses' hooves outside was getting closer and closer, and then it stopped.

Zheng Zhi also completely relieved his heart and straightened his chest:

"Little thief, don't you know that there is still a royal law in this world? trespassing on the mansion of the imperial court,

I tell you, you will die without my protection, and none of your people will want to stay.

It's not a problem to punish your three clans, but fortunately, I have a lot of adults, and I don't care about you as a child.

You wait, I'll go out and tell Lord Luoyang Ling that this is all a misunderstanding,

We're in the past! ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Li Chengyang to reply, and strode towards the door.

The surrounding dark guards wanted to stop them, but Li Chengyang shook his head slightly at them.

He really wanted to see what Zheng Zhi, who had hope for a while, would look like in the face of greater despair.

Zheng Zhi ran out of the main hall, and not far away was a dense crowd of soldiers, all holding bows and pointing to the main hall.

Seeing the Luoyang Ling on the side of the crowd at a glance, Zheng Zhi was overjoyed, and rushed over in three steps and two steps:

"Hurry up, someone wants to kill me, it's inside, it's all rebellious ministers and thieves, and there is no wronged one,

Shoot the arrows, release the arrows! ”