"This is called 'stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, it takes no effort to get it', I knew today, why did I have to go all the way to Yecheng in the first place?" Dai Pohu said with a smile.

Chang Yanzhi didn't have a weapon in his hand, so he had to clench his fists, "Don't talk about the kindness of the son to you in the past, just say that he spared your life in the valley of thought......"

"Everyone will do wrong things, and Xu Gongzi has made many mistakes." Dai Pohu arched his hand again, "But the two of you don't have to worry, I have cut off contact with the Descendant Army, and the enemy is already dead, and I have nowhere to receive the reward with Xu Gongzi's head, so I won't move you." ”

Chang Yanzhi breathed a sigh of relief, and Dai Pohu continued: "Tomorrow I will send you to Jiangling City to exchange food. He laughed and walked out of the account.

Chang Yanzhi sulked for a while, and said to Xu Ji: "Childe's vision of people is indeed not very accurate. ”

"Haha, ten times I looked at people, nine times I made mistakes, but one accurate time is worth it."

"I've seen two of the nine mistakes, so what's wrong with that one?"

Xu Ji raised his finger, Chang Yanzhi was slightly stunned, then snorted twice, and muttered: "I'm hesitating whether to abandon my son and go, how can I run when you say that?" ”

Xu Ji laughed and pointed to the burden again, "When I saw me off outside Jindu City, General Tie not only gave me a box of jewelry, but also a letter, which may be useful in Jiangling City." ”

Chang Yan was happy, "It turns out that the prince has already been prepared, no wonder he is so calm, the letter is written to Heng Guogong?" General Tie had a friendship with him...... No, General Tie was born in the world, how could he know the Xi family? It must be a Yizhou official who surrendered to the King of Shu, and he is more familiar with the people of Jingzhou, and General Tie asked him to write a letter, right? ”

Xu Ji nodded, after all, when it comes to matters between women, he can't say it too clearly.

As soon as Chang Yan's fear was gone, the feeling of hunger came, and he rubbed his stomach, "Even if you are a captive, you should take care of the food, right?" ”

"If these men have food to eat, they will not exchange me for food."

"Not necessarily, this is clearly a group of robbers, taking Gongzi as a hostage, and they always have to change something."

Xu Ji was wrong again, and soon after, someone really brought food, two bowls of porridge to be exact, no dishes, and no chopsticks.

Chang Yanzhi held the bowl and looked at it for a while, then looked up at the soldier who was delivering the meal, "Is there really rice millet in here?" ”

"If you don't eat it, don't waste it, give it back to me, and I can drink ten more bowls." The soldier licked his lips.

Chang Yanzhi hurriedly took a big sip and praised: "There is really a little bit of the fragrance of rice millet, chew it twice, it seems to be able to bite into the rice grains." Childe also eats some to quench his thirst. ”

Xu Ji also took a big sip, "It's just lighter." ”

"There is no salt anymore, and I don't know if the Xi family is willing to give some salt." The soldiers were looking forward to it.

Chang Yanzhi drank the rice porridge in a big gulp and returned the bowl, and the soldier looked at it carefully and said disappointedly: "Eat so clean." ”

Chang Yanzhi smiled bitterly: "I want to leave some residue, it's too difficult." He glanced at Xu Ji, who was still drinking porridge, and an idea popped up in his heart, and he whispered: "What do you call Your Excellency?" ”

"Hey, I'm a pawn, what is your Excellency? I will not be called a name, but tomorrow I will exchange you for food, and I will be embarrassed to cook each other. ”

"What's embarrassing, I can't hide it, I have something to ask for......"

The soldier immediately shook his head, "Don't ask me if you have something, go and ask ......"

"I have a box of jewels left in Yiling City, and if anyone can help me bring them, I am willing to share half of them."

"Jewelry...... What's the use? ”

"Buy food, that's a gift from the King of Shu to my son-in-law, and it's priceless." In order to win the trust of the other party, Chang Yanzhi deliberately said that the person who gave the gift was the king of Shu.

The soldier was a little moved, "Why don't you take such a valuable gift with you?" ”

"Isn't this a trick, I thought I could go back before dark, who would have thought it would be a trap. You want to exchange your son for food, and we want to exchange that box of jewels for our lives. ”

While drinking porridge, Xu Ji watched Chang Yanzhi speak, smiling and interested.

The soldier was even more moved, "Yang touched the fish, and the people who had already divided the jewels, right?" ”

"The jewelry box is mixed with other luggage, they may not be able to recognize it, and it is the Xi family's idea to frame my son-in-law, Yang Muyu himself knows, his subordinates may not know, and it is likely that they are still waiting for us to go back and guard the luggage for us......"

"I'll bring you the jewels, and you'll give me half of them?"

"Of course, but I'm afraid you won't be able to go by yourself, you have to take me with you, anyway, the person used to exchange food is Gongzi, I ......"

The soldier shook his head again, "Don't be so troublesome, one of my elder brothers is the leader of Yiling City, you have to say that it is a little difficult to bring people out, bring a few pieces of luggage out of the city, it should be no problem, it's a big deal to give him a little benefit afterwards." ”

Chang Yanzhi was greatly disappointed, he wanted to escape first, and then find a way to save Xu Ji, but he didn't expect the other party to have a better idea, so he had to say: "Then trouble you, you have to bring it tonight, and we will go on the road early tomorrow morning." ”

"Don't worry. Have you finished eating? ”

Xu Ji handed over the empty bowl, the soldier took it in his hand, and after taking a look, he sighed lightly - the bottom of the bowl was still so clean.

The soldier was just about to leave, Xu Ji asked: "Since Brother Ling is the leader in Yiling City, why don't you go to the place, but you are starving here?" ”

The soldier was stunned for a moment, "It's not my own brother, it's my second uncle's son." ”

"That's also a cousin, if you go and run, he will definitely accept it."

The soldier held the two bowls, his face puzzled, as if he didn't know how to answer, and as if he had never thought about this question, before he said: "We have thousands of mouths, even our own brother can't afford to raise them." ”

Xu Ji smiled: "I mean you go to run alone." ”

"How's that going to work?" The soldier's eyes widened, "I won't do anything to betray Brother Song." He snorted and walked out of the tent.

"When you are poor like this, you still talk about righteousness." Chang Yanzhi looked at Xu Ji, "Just because Song Zhuzhu once sent a letter to Shan Yu to challenge, Gongzi always wants to find some advantages from him, it is just a letter, anyone can write it, the more reputable people are, the less afraid they are." ”

"Song Zhuzhu himself means the same."

Chang Yanzhi pointed out of the tent, "How can Song Zhuzhu also be a big man, and it is normal for someone to be loyal to him." ”

"Three thousand."

"All three thousand are loyal? I don't think so, but even then? They all had to starve to death with him. ”

"It is not surprising that the soldiers will starve to death with the main general, but it is very rare for the main general to starve to death with the soldiers."

"Hey, maybe Song Zhuzhu is hiding food for himself. Does Childe remember? Gong Fan, the king of the gods, is known as thrifty and wants to starve with his subordinates, but after his death, everyone found a lot of snacks from his pillow, and I also went to take a look, there really is. ”

Xu Ji said with a smile: "Song Zhuzhu and Gong Fan should not be the same kind of people. ”

"Childe is going to 'figure it out' again?"

"No, don't 'carry', don't 'mo), when the luggage is brought back, there is still some dry food in it, right?"

"Childe offended people just now, he may not still be willing to take his luggage, even if he gets it back, the dry food will be scavenged. And if it were me, wouldn't it be better to take out the luggage and take out the luggage, and half with my cousin? ”

The so-called bed in the tent was actually a pile of hay, which Chang Yan divided into two piles, spread out evenly, and the two of them lay down separately, lying on their backs in a daze.

It was already dark in the tent, and it was already pitch black when night began to fall outside, and there was no one to bring food or candles to light.

Chang Yan said: "It's okay not to drink that bowl of porridge, the more you drink, the hungrier you get." ”

"Tighten your belt and bear with me."

"Next time, I will use a strategy, I will discuss it with my son in advance, so as not to run out of people and money."

"Your plan is so brilliant that I can't think of anything better."

"But we're still trapped here, and we probably won't be able to see our luggage."

"Not necessarily, this person is still faithful in danger, and he shouldn't be greedy for our things."

"Childe sometimes thinks too badly of people, and sometimes thinks too well. But I found that when Childe thinks badly, he is often accurate, and when he thinks good...... Hum. ”

"Haha, don't make me laugh, the more you laugh, the more hungry you get."

The two of them lay quietly, the gurgling in their stomachs came and went, and at some point, the cooing disappeared, and their stomachs did not feel hungry, and the two fell asleep.

Chang Yanzhi was eating and drinking in a dream, and was woken up by forceful pushing, and couldn't help but be angry, and was about to have a seizure, when he suddenly remembered that he was a prisoner here, and said to the figure in the dark: "What's wrong?" ”

"I've brought the luggage, and I've already divided half of the contents of the box, according to the weight, and how much it's worth, it's up to luck."

"Huh?" Chang Yanzhi hadn't fully woken up yet, and his figure had disappeared.

Chang Yanzhi got up and touched the edge of the tent, and sure enough, he touched a bunch of large and small luggage, which was put together with the small baggage before.

"I really let Childe guess correctly." Chang Yanzhi muttered, touched it again, and found that except for the box, the other luggage was intact and did not seem to have been opened.

Although it was a little cold at night, he didn't look for the bedding, and groped directly into the depths, and after a while, he cheered softly, "Childe, Childe wake up quickly." ”

Xu Ji said in a daze: "It's dawn? ”

"Not yet, I've found dry food."

Xu Ji immediately sobered up and sat up, "Send the luggage back...... Divide it with me first. ”

The dry food was a few hard cakes, one for each of them, which they tore with their teeth and swallowed without chewing, all moistened by saliva.

Chang Yanzhi said while eating: "I really can't talk about benevolence and righteousness when I am hungry......"

"Well, I've never eaten such a fragrant ......" Xu Ji's words were blocked by the hard cake.

Xu Ji ate one, Chang Yanzhi ate two in a row, picked up the third one and put it back, "Keep it, I don't know if I have to eat it next time." ”

It didn't take long for the day to dawn, the tent curtain was lifted, and the morning light came in, and the soldier who delivered the food yesterday stood at the door, looking unaware, as if the pile of luggage had been there all along, "Pack up, and we'll leave later." ”

After Chang Yanzhi repeatedly confirmed that the dry food was hidden, he whispered to Xu Ji: "Is there a way for Gongzi to find some food?" Maybe after having food, Song Zhuzhu will ......"

Xu Ji shook his head, "I am not familiar with the place in Jingzhou, there is nowhere to find food, and the current Song Zhuzhu has no merit, it is not worth staying." ”

"Childe said yesterday that his subordinates are loyal."

"His subordinates are loyal, that's his ability to be a hero." Xu Ji looked at the door, "Let's go, go to Xi's house to have a look." ”

Dai Pohu stood at the door, seeing the pile of luggage, his brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't remember if there were so many yesterday, "Let's go, if you hurry up, you can get to Jiangling tonight." ”