The soldiers surrounded him, took out the ropes, and were about to tie up Xu Ji and Chang Yanzhi, but Song Zhuzhu hesitated for a moment and stopped: "Forget it, Xu Gongzi is an understanding person, and he has an old relationship with me, so you don't have to look at it so closely." Then he said to Xu Ji: "I will send you to Jiangling early tomorrow morning, and before that, you are still my guest, please." ”

Xu Ji smiled, and was just about to walk towards the tent, when Chang Yan beside him said angrily: "The surname Song, you call yourself the king of Chu in vain, and you act despicably, which is worse than a scoundrel in Luxiang......"

A soldier drew a knife, and Song took the bamboo and waved his hand, "Let him say." ”

Chang Yan took a step forward and blocked in front of Xu Ji, "There is a way that the two countries are still not beheading the envoys, and my son-in-law is a messenger sent by Yiling City, even if you don't treat him politely, you have to exchange him for food, which is extremely shameless." My son-in-law is still a character for you, and I asked you everywhere along the way, but I didn't expect ......"

Song Zhuzhu glanced at the soldiers gathered in front of the tent, and then said to Changyan: "'Your son-in-law' is not a messenger sent by Yiling City, but a 'prisoner' sent by Yang Moyu because of the face and power of the King of Shu, he didn't dare to touch him, but he didn't dare to offend the Jiangling Xi family, so he simply avoided it." I don't know who persuaded 'your son' to be an envoy, but the Xi family promised me that as long as I sent 'your son' to Jiangling, he would give me twenty stone of grain, enough for us to eat for a while. The business that was sent to the door, do you say I did it or not? ”

Chang Yanzhi was taken aback, "It was Xi Yuanzhi who persuaded Gongzi to be a messenger, he was in the city, why did he go around in such a circle?" ”

"Jingzhou is in turmoil, the king of Shu is sitting upstream, and now no one wants to offend him, so he has to go around this circle. What else do you not understand? ”

Chang Yan was speechless.

Song Zhuzhu said with a smile: "As for 'your son-in-law' asking me about it everywhere, I'm sorry, I haven't heard of it, and I don't care, he can't bring a grain of grain when he inquires." I, the king of Chu, am also a useless name, if someone is willing to exchange, only ten stones of grain, is Your Excellency interested? ”

"No ......"

"Please ask this 'brother who fights grievances' to rest elsewhere."

Chang Yanzhi didn't want to leave, so Xu Ji stepped forward and said, "I won't go to Jiangling until tomorrow morning, so I don't have to argue now." ”

Chang Yanzhi glared at Song Zhuzhu fiercely, wanting to say a few threatening words, but he couldn't find the right words for a while, so he had to take a sip on the ground and leave with the soldiers.

The interior of Song Zhuzhu's tent was as simple as the appearance, a bed, a small chair, a few pieces of messy clothes, and nothing else, he gave the chair to Xu Ji and sat on the bed by himself, "Xu Gongzi really inquired about me?" ”

"Well, I stayed by Shan Yu's side for a while, and when the heroes presented the surrender letter one after another, only King Song dared to challenge, so I was a little curious."

"Haha, it was a nonsense letter written after being drunk, I didn't expect it to be sent to Shan Yu, what did he say after reading it?"

"At first, the people below seized the letter and did not deliver it, but after a while, Shan Yu saw it and was very angry, saying that it would soon be sent to Jingzhou and ask you for the crime."

"I can't hold my breath."

"I guess he is pretending to be angry to find an excuse to attack Jingzhou in the future, after all, the Xi family has always been very obedient, and he can't break into his family's territory for no reason."

"It makes sense." Song Zhuzhu nodded, "Then it's useless for me to be a subordinate to Shan Yu now?" He certainly won't take it. ”

"At least I won't accept it until we attack Jingzhou."

Song Zhuzhu sighed lightly, showing a little disappointment, "If I write a letter to Shan Yu and say that I will run out of food, I'm afraid that when he can't lead his troops to attack Jingzhou, you say he won't help me with a little food?" ”

Xu Ji shook his head.

"Haha, I don't think he will either, I'm really cornered now, as long as someone is willing to give me food, let me recognize him as my father. Why are you looking at me like that? ”

"I want to meet at the beginning of the year."

"That was just over a year ago."

"It's far away when you think about it."

"Xu Gongzi is saying that I have changed too much. Hey, for more than a year, I'm really ...... It's hard to put into words. ”

"It's not as easy as expected?"

"I thought I was going to fight the country, but it turned out that I was carrying a mountain on my back, and I couldn't breathe." Song Zhuzhu leaned forward and whispered mysteriously, "Mr. Fan has pitted me." ”

"Where do you start?" Xu Ji was surprised.

"The old guy himself is cowardly, he doesn't dare to do big things, he will only sit and talk, encourage others to take risks, I fell into his fool and fell into the pit."

"It's hard to do things, but there's something to be gained in the end." Xu Ji said with a smile.

Song Zhuzhu shook his head, "It's still that Xu Gongzi saw the opportunity quickly, knew that it was wrong, and immediately abdicated." ”

"In the end, he didn't escape, but wandered around, and fell into the hands of the King of Song, to be exchanged for twenty stone of grain."

"Don't call me 'King Song', call me ...... Let's call it Song Tachitake. ”

"The world is in turmoil, a crowd of males has risen, some people have crossed states and counties, and some people have led troops to live by plundering, and they have no fixed place, and I have not seen anyone as trapped as you. Song Zhuzhu, you used to be known as 'Thousand Hands', and you are also a famous hero, how can you not even be as good as an ordinary robber. ”

Xu Ji called his name directly, and his tone became a little harsh, but Song Zhuzhu breathed a sigh of relief, and then poured bitter water, "So Mr. Fan misunderstood me, others thought I was a closed disciple, in fact, I have been apprenticed for many years, but except for the last year or so, I don't often accompany him. Looking back now, it's not that Mr. Fan's teachings are reasonable, it's that Xiangyang is too small, so I can be like a fish in water in it, and once I leave Xiangyang, I am what I am now. ”

"In that case, why did you leave Xiangyang?"

"Alas, when the incident first started in Xiangyang, everything went very smoothly, almost 10,000 people came to defect, and the officials of Xiangyang heard that I raised the flag and became the king, and they sent people to congratulate me, asking for money for money, and grain for food, I was at that time on a whim, and wrote a letter to Shan Yu that was not ashamed." Song Zhuzhu kept shaking his head.

"So you didn't capture Xiangyang?" Xu Ji's voice was even more stern.

"Of course not, there are many of my friends in Xiangyang City, and even the city lord has given thousands of taels of silver as a gift, how can I be embarrassed to capture it? Besides, at that time, everyone was ambitious, and they all felt that Xiangyang was in a battleground and they couldn't defend it, so it was better to go elsewhere to attack the city and grab the land......"

"You went?"

Song Zhuzhu was much older than Xu Ji, but under his repeated questioning, he showed a little cramped and uneasy, like a child who forgot to do his homework, "Go, attack Hanzhou, indeed capture a few cities, and then ......"

"And then?"

"Congratulations, everyone drank a little too much, and they all asked me to be crowned, I want to be the king myself, and the brothers can't even have an official position, so I have a few officials. Who would have thought that it was okay not to seal it, but one of them caused an accident, and the next day a leader left with his troops, and he couldn't chase it back. Later, the governor of Han borrowed soldiers from the Xi family, and the city was recaptured by him, so I had to take the troops back to Xiangyang. Song Zhuzhu smiled awkwardly.

"The 'friends' in Xiangyang City refuse to accept you?"

"I only brought back a few hundred people, and the momentum was greatly reduced...... Later, I recalled some people, more than 3,000 people, and wanted to capture Xiangyang City, but I didn't succeed, just in time for the chaos here, I said to join in the fun. ”

"It is said that you persuaded all parties to stop fighting and deal with He Rong's people together?"

"What else else can I do? I can't beat me, so I have to say something big to let people know that I am still the king of Chu, and if someone really takes it seriously, I can take the opportunity to ask for food. ”

"You can't even afford three thousand?"

"I don't know what's going on, when I was a hero in Xiangyang, there were not 1,000 or 800 people who had been helped before and after, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult to feed the soldiers."

"What did you rely on to help those who asked for help?"

"There are hundreds of acres of land at home, plus friends borrow from each other, but after I raised the matter, there are fewer and fewer friends who come and go, and my land is not planted, and now it is all deserted - Mr. Fan misunderstood me, if it weren't for his encouragement, I would still be a hero, and I ......would be a hero between the heroes."

"Song Zhuzhu, do you remember the last time you met Mr. Fan, you sought to answer your doubts?"

"Why is it that people's hearts are insufficient, and the more they get, the more resentment they have?" Song Zhuzhu muttered, his face was ashamed, "I do have a lot of grievances, but I don't get anything." ”

"Even Shan Yu knows your name, isn't this what you get? At least in Jingzhou, people call you 'King of Chu', isn't that right? ”

"Xu Gongzi doesn't have to put gold on my face, I know everyone calls me 'Song Chujiao'."

"Even so, it's gain."

"In the past, I was known as the 'Thousand Hands Song', and my reputation spread to the Eastern Capital......" Song Zhuzhu was indignant, still feeling that he had lost more.

"Well, even if what you said is right, Mr. Fan is dead, who are you complaining to?"

"Hey, you're in front of me anyway."

"And then?"

"Then tomorrow I will exchange you for food, and I will last one day at a time."

"And later?"

"Later...... There is an old machete, who used to be a robber in the mountains, but now he is bigger, he has taken a few small cities, and he has always wanted to recruit me as a son-in-law, but I didn't agree, I really can't do it, so I went to him. ”

Xu Ji felt both angry and funny, "I always thought that I still had some ability to know people, but I was so wrong about you." ”

"Who did Xu Gongzi think I was?"

"A true hero who knows difficulties and dares to think and act."

Song Zhuzhu thought for a while, nodded and said: "Then you are indeed wrong, very wrong, I am not a real hero, I am not even a hero, I used to gain some reputation in Xiangyang, in fact, it also relied on the family business and popularity left by my father." ”

Xu Ji got up, "Instead of sitting here and listening to you complain, I'd rather go to Jiangling as soon as possible, please send someone to send me on my way early tomorrow morning, the sooner the better." ”

Song Zhuzhu was not angry, and said with a smile: "I am as anxious as Xu Gongzi, because I will be hungry tonight, and I will wait for twenty stones of grain to be cooked." ”

Xu Ji strode out of the tent, was immediately surrounded by soldiers, and was taken to a nearby tent.

Xu Ji didn't resist, and when he arrived in the tent, Xiang Changyan said: "From now on, don't say that I am like a god, and I am wrong like this, I am not even as good as an ordinary person." ”

Chang Yanzhi was surprised: "What did the surnamed Song say, making the son angry like this?" ”

"Alas, it was my whims...... Let's go to Jiangling City, I have to go sooner or later, in fact, if Xi Yuan is suspicious, if he speaks directly, I will also go. The luggage is well watched, and the contents are important. Xu Ji hid Mrs. Tie Fei's letter inside.

"The box of jewels sent by General Tie is still in Yiling City." Chang Yan was heartbroken.

"It's okay......" Xu Ji was trying to give Chang Yan a thorough explanation, and a person walked in from the outside, and said, "Xu Gongzi is okay when he comes." ”

Chang Yanzhi was originally sitting, but then he stood up, "Dai Pohu, you...... Why are you here? ”

This person is Dai Pohu, who once thought about assassinating in the valley, "I am from Jingzhou, and I have nowhere to go, so I have to go back to my hometown." Ha, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it. ”