Shi Yi wrapped a bed of rotten cotton wool tightly and hid his body in a pile of messy grass. But even so, the body still shivered involuntarily.

In this cell, there is naturally no heating equipment, not only that, but at the top of the wall, there is also a ventilation vent the size of a bowl, where the cold wind comes from, and from time to time there are snowflakes drifting in from the hole, and the temperature in the cell is almost the same as outside.

Shi Yi's trembling body made Shi Yi feel a little humiliated, but the natural reaction of his body was not something he could overcome with his will. On the battlefield, when he realized that he had no chance of breaking through, he tried to end his life himself so as not to become a prisoner, but the guards around him took his sword.

Now he regrets that he didn't die on the battlefield at that time.

The courage to die, once lost, wants to regain it, it will be even more difficult. Even if he is so embarrassed now, Shi Yi has never had the idea of ending himself again. He had been locked up in this cell for days, but it had given him peace like never before.

Once people have nothing to do, without those worldly affairs and the distractions of power, the thoughts of relatives and family will be as unstoppable as the tide. For the first time, Shi Yi found out that he would also have such a weak side.

He misses his gray-haired old wife, the second son who maintains the family in his hometown, the lively grandchildren at home, and the granddaughter with pink makeup.

I have so little time to spend with them. The last time he came home, the grandchildren looked at him, like looking at a strange old grandfather, and dodged behind their grandmother, even if they took out exquisite gifts, they did not exchange them for the arms of these elves.

The eldest son, Shi Kuan, should have been gone, and on the battlefield, he saw his son fall to the ground with his own eyes with men and horses. The cavalry charge on the battlefield, once the horse falls, no one knows better than him.

Will you be able to survive on your own? He thinks about this question countless times these days.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for Cao Xin to let himself go. In the battle of Yingzhou City, tens of thousands of Chengde people died under the attack between himself and Wang Feng, and his nephew was shot into a sieve under Zhenzhou City. But after being locked up for many days, there was no movement, which made Shi Yi feel that things must have taken another turn.

Chengde people did win the battle in front of them, but compared to them, Lu Long was still a behemoth, an incomparably strong opponent, people like themselves, they were afraid that living would bring more benefits to them.

As long as Chengde people still have the idea of exchanging themselves for benefits, then they don't have to die. He knew Zhang Zhongwu, a figure who was extremely cruel and ruthless to his enemies, but had a deep affection for his brothers. Even if you rescue yourself and then sit idle, you will never abandon yourself.

Leave it to be useful, wait for the time to come, and be ashamed of today.

Thinking of this, Shi Yi curled up a little tighter, trying to keep himself at the lowest temperature he needed to survive.

There was a sound of rattling iron ties outside, someone was actually opening the door, and Shi Yi quickly got out of the haystack. These days, there is no sign of the door being opened, except for the food that is stuffed through the hole under the door. Now the door is about to open, presumably someone wants to see him, and he wants to keep his last dignity.

Before he could pluck the grass clippings off his body, the cell door was pushed open with a clatter. A young man with a red face and white teeth in a fur coat appeared in front of him.

As soon as the door opened, the first thing Li Ze felt was not the cold, but a foul smell coming to his face, these days, Shi Yi eats and drinks Lazar in this room, the smell, of course, is not so good.

Li Ze didn't enter the cell door, frowned and looked at the cell with ice chips on the wall, and said, "Find another room."

Cao Xin They may not care about this taste, but he can't.

The jailer was a little frightened and cleaned up the duty room where he was resting, Li Ze's uncertain expression was overflowing, obviously dissatisfied with the situation in front of him, but at that time, an officer who sent Shi Yi over was openly and secretly asking him not to be polite to this Shi Yi, which meant that he wanted to kill Shi Yi. Now it doesn't seem like that!

The person in front of him is the head of everyone here, and if he brings out his dissatisfaction, he is afraid that the most unlucky person will be himself.

In the duty room at the head of the prison, there is a small stove, inside the iron ding, the water is boiling just right, and the heat is rising, which makes the house have a sense of warmth, and is taken into this house, Shi Yi seems to have stepped into the warm spring from the cold winter.

Looking at Cao Xin and Liu Chenglin standing behind the young man, Shi Yi naturally understood who the other party was.

At the moment, he hugged his fists and bowed slightly: "Under the tent of Lu Long and Zhang Shuai, Yingzhou assassinated Shi Shiyi, and I have seen Ze Gongzi."

"You may be seated." Li Ze pointed to the bench opposite, "Pour a cup of hot water for Shi Thorn Shi."

Shi Yi held the steaming bowl tightly with both hands, his hands finally had some temperature, regained some consciousness, lowered his head and drank a sip of hot water, rolled it in his mouth several times, and then swallowed it, and the stomach bones that seemed to be frozen rang out, and a wave of heat instantly filled the whole body.

Li Ze looked at the veteran in front of him, until a trace of blush appeared on the other party's face, and then said: "Let's tell Shi Thorn Shi a good news first, your son Shi Kuan is still alive."

Shi Yi, who was burying his head in the steaming heat, suddenly raised his head: "It's still alive, how is it possible?" I saw him fall on the way to the charge."

"He's lucky!" Li Zedao: "The place where he fell was a trench dug by our army, and he just fell into the ditch, which allowed him to avoid the fate of being trampled by people and horses, but he was also injured a lot, and broke a few ribs, but the most serious thing was that a leg was crushed by his own war horse, because it was too late to find him, this leg could not be saved, and he was only afraid that he would not be able to do it in the future."

Shi Yi was silent for a long time, but finally arched his hand at Li Ze: "Thank you Gongzi Ze for your treatment. It's not easy to live a life, and if he can't go to the battlefield again in the future, maybe it's also his blessing, and he doesn't have to go to the battlefield to fight hard, maybe he can live a long life in the future."

Li Ze smiled: "The history of stone thorns is also accessible. But that's a good point. This time, the stone thorn history is still convinced? ”

A hint of gloom flashed in Shi Yi's eyes, and he shook his head and said, "It's not that we're useless, it's really that Suning is too stupid. A good feast on the table was turned into a pot of raw rice by him."

"If Suning is too stupid, then are you people who expect this idiot to succeed very smart?" Li Zesun smiled and asked rhetorically: "So that Shi Thorn Shi knows that your Yingzhou is now mine."

"As expected, you rebelled against Yeluqi, I'm curious, how did you convince this barbarian!" Shi Yi finally couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart and asked.

"Follow you to be a dog, how can you follow me as a man!" Li Ze chuckled: "I just promised him that he would be an upright person in the future."

Shi Yi narrowed his eyes, his face full of disbelief: "Just for this, he abandoned the lives of tens of thousands of his tribes, and if this happens, the festival commander will mercilessly kill all the people of his tribe, and the chickens and dogs will not be left."

"With Fei Zhong and people like Shi Thorn Shi in my hands, how dare Zhang Zhongwu vent his anger and kill people?" Li Zelang smiled and said: "Shi Thorn Shi, I came to see you today, just to ask you to write a letter to Zhang Shuai, saying that I, Li, are willing to take you, and Fei Zhong and these people will go back in exchange for Yeluqi's clan."

Shi Yi's face turned red all of a sudden, and he looked at Li Ze angrily.

"Prince Ze, the soldier can be killed, but not humiliated."

Li Ze spread out his hand, with an innocent expression: "Shi Thorn Shi misunderstood, why did this insult you?" ”

"You actually compare me and the military commander Zhonglang with Yeluqi and these barbarians, isn't this an insult or what?" Shi Yi said angrily.

"In my eyes, they are much more important than you." Li Ze sneered and said: "Whether it is Shi Shi Shi or Fei Zhong, they are all my enemies, and Ye Luqi is now my subordinate, his warriors can fight for me, his people can raise cattle and sheep for me, Shi Thorn Shi, what can you do for me?" To me, Jerichie is a capable subordinate, but to me you are a waste, and if it weren't for the fact that the two sides are really not fit to fight now, I would have wanted to slaughter you cleanly. I'm going to exchange you for Jerich's subordinates, it's a waste use."

Shi Yi was furious, but he still maintained the most basic sobriety, and he laughed angrily and said loudly: "It turns out that Gongzi Ze also knows that he is afraid, and he knows that he is not the opponent of our Jieshuai, and now he wants to find another way out?" ”

"You're thinking too much." Li Zedao: "If I were afraid of Zhang Zhongwu, I wouldn't have taken Yingzhou. We're always going to have a big fight. It's a pity, now that I just won Henghai, Chengde still has a lot of things to do, and I can't catch Zhang Zhongwu if I want to attack him, so I have to endure it for a while. But what about Zhang Zhongwu, does he want to start a war with me now? His main force is still in Hedong! Hedong Gao Biao agreed that I Chengde would jointly attack Lu Long in the spring of next year, I think Zhang Zhongwu must not want such a situation, right? This substitution is a test of whether it is possible for the two sides to negotiate, if it is done, then there will be talks, if not, then there will be no talks, and we will see the real chapter on the battlefield."

Shi Yi looked at Li Ze in a daze: "It turns out that you and Gao Biao are not of the same heart."

"That's!" Li Ze smiled. Datang has dozens of festivals, how many of them are of one heart? ”