When Zuo Jun was killing in the hall, the Qiang soldiers outside were not idle, nearly half of the 1,000 prisoners of the Descendant Army were slaughtered, and the corpses were piled up on the side of the avenue outside the village, so that passers-by could see and remember the fate of attacking Zuojiazhai.

The avenue is deserted, and unless the uninformed are uninformed, there will be no pedestrians passing by for a while.

Zuo Jun collected the remains of his family, buried them separately, wept bitterly, gathered the few remaining males in the village, a total of less than 100 people, reorganized into the Zuojia army, found out the flags, gongs and drums and other things, and prepared to lead the Qiang people into Liangzhou.

Lao Ding was not killed, and as a price, this time he was not going to betray someone, but Liangzhou, and he was willing to lead the way and call the door for the Zuo Jiajun and the Qiang people, claiming to know the gatekeepers of all the cities in Liangzhou.

Lao Ding often sent letters back and forth, and Zuo Jun recognized his appearance and knew that this person could at least open the city gate at the border and leave a living mouth.

Although the soldiers are expensive and fast, Zuo Jun decided to rest in the village for a day, waiting for the Qiang soldiers to come later, since they want to attack Liangzhou, the troops must be sufficient.

Near noon, Zuo Jun remembered the two unexpected "captives".

Zuo Jun did not want to enter any of the houses again, so he set up a table to eat at the edge of the stockade, and from here through the fence, he could see the corpses piled up high.

He invited Xu Ji to the table, and after eating, he said, "Where are you from?" ”

"Eastern Capital."

"In a prosperous place, if it weren't for the chaos in the world, coupled with what happened in my family, I would probably go to the Eastern Capital this year - follow the Qinzhou Mushou, our family will have a military attache according to the custom, and it should be my turn this year. Hey, but thanks to the bandits, there was no shepherd in Qinzhou a few years ago. ”

"The eastern capital is no longer prosperous, and there is nothing to see." Xu Ji smiled.

"Look at you, you are not an ordinary person, whose son is it? Although the official position of the Zuo family is low, he also knows several powerful families in the Eastern Capital. ”

Xu Ji smiled and said nothing, which was the last thing he wanted to talk about.

Zuo Jun was extremely interested, "The deputy director of the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War is surnamed Xu, is it your own family?" He knew my father well. ”

Xu Ji shook his head and replied: "My surname was Lou in the past, and then my mother's surname was Xu. ”

"Surname Lou? You are...... The home of the Great General? ”

Xu Ji nodded.

Zuo Jun became more and more interested, "Your Lou family is everyone. ”

"It's scattered now."

"Why?"

"After the death of the general, the Lou family had no one to support them, and their children and grandchildren were scattered in all directions, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead."

Zuo Jun sighed, "You are a general, and you are also ......" He stretched out his hand and pointed to the pile of corpses outside, his face suddenly showed hatred, "But like these bandits, they killed my family for no reason, and this hatred is not shared." Tonight, the Qiang species from all over the country can gather, and early tomorrow morning, the remaining bandits will also be killed, one for revenge, and the other for sacrificial flags. ”

"Your Excellency really wants to take the Qiang soldiers to attack Liangzhou?" Xu Ji asked.

"Of course, Qiang Chong helped me take revenge, and I helped them attack Liangzhou, this is a good thing, and the eldest husband can't be untrustworthy." Surrounded by soldiers from Zuojiazhai, Zuo Jun can say the slightly dejorative word "Qiang species" without any care.

"When the Qiang people fall into the cold, there will be many things that will ruin and kill people."

Zuo Jun laughed, "Look at the appearance of Zuo's village, less than half of the survivors are survivors, and everyone is humiliated...... Zuo Jun's face is bruised, "Do you think we will care about other people's affairs?" Since it's chaos, then it's a mess, the bandits are from humble backgrounds, and they can still act arbitrarily and recklessly, calling themselves 'heavenly kings', but my Zuo family is tied up and can't show their minds? There is no such reason in the world. ”

"There are a lot of old and weak women and children left in the village, you can't take them to Liangzhou, staying in the village is putting them to death."

Zuo Jun looked at the pile of corpses outside again, "Who dares to come again?" The Descendant Army is a rabble, and there is no certain subordination, and I have cut down the grass and eradicated it in one go, and no one will avenge him. ”

"Someone will come for me."

"For you?"

"The Descendant Army listened to the rumors, thinking that I forced their big leader to die, so they vowed to kill me to avenge it, and whoever got my head was the new big leader."

Zuo Jun looked at Xu Ji again.

"But you first have to be the leader of the Incarnation, not outsiders." Xu Ji reminded.

"Hey, even if the bandit is sent to the door, I don't want ...... No, I will, the first thing I do is kill them all. ”

"You yourself said that the incarnation army is a rabble, not subordinate to each other, and it is the one who destroys your whole family in one go, not others."

"The chaos in the world has caused gangsters, although they did not kill my Zuo family, they are also accomplices."

Xu Ji sighed lightly.

Zuo Jun sneered: "Speaking of which, don't you just want me to let you go to avoid the revenge of the bandits?" ”

"That's what it means."

"The stick bandit wants to kill you, just to offer a bounty to catch you, how can you offend both sides at the same time?"

"Accidentally." Xu Ji said with a smile.

Zuo Jun stared at him without speaking, and still hadn't made a final decision in his heart.

A group of Qiang people came from a distance, and Zuo Jun immediately stood up to meet them.

The leader of the Qiang soldiers arrived, and it was an old man of fifty or sixty years of age, with a high nose that immediately made an impression, and it was like a tree, casting shadows on his face, and he was a little ruthless.

Zuo Jun said a few words to the leader of the Qiang soldiers, turned around and pointed at Xu Ji, and then the two walked together, Zuo Jun introduced: "This is the king of Xuqiu jointly launched by the sixty-seven valleys and villages of the Qiang people. ”

"Disrespectful." Xu Ji got up and arched his hand.

Xu Qiu looked at him twice, and said directly to Zuo Jun: "Give him to Shan Yu." ”

"We have no dealings with him, and we don't covet his thousands of taels of silver, this person ......"

Xu Qiu shook his head, "Give him to Shan Yu's soldiers, and then spread the news to let the bandits find him for revenge, and let's go to attack Liangzhou with peace of mind." ”

Zuo Jun suddenly realized, "The king's clever plan." ”

He begged to take someone away.

Xu Ji was completely unfamiliar with this "great king" and did not understand the strategy of the Qiang people, so he had nothing to persuade and could only watch Xu Qiu go away.

Zuo Jun said: "Let's go, it is said that there is a team of He Rong cavalry dozens of miles away, and I will hand you over to them." ”

"Can you bring my luggage?" Xu Ji said with a smile, at least leave the Qiang people first, and then think about the next step.

"Yes."

Chang Yanzhi went to find the luggage, and before his subordinates had time to divide it, the contents were all there.

The Qiang people did not want to participate in the affairs outside, so Zuo Jun took dozens of his own soldiers to escort Xu Ji to find He Rongren, and made an appointment to return to the village before dawn tomorrow, so as not to delay the attack on Liangzhou.

Along the way, Xu Ji mentioned the Eastern Capital several times, but Zuo Jun was unmoved.

At dusk, the soldiers in front of him who were inquiring about the news came back on horseback, saying that there was a small camp not far ahead, and the flag looked like He Rongren from a distance.

Zuo Jun reined in and said to Xu Ji: "Your Excellency was originally a member of the Lou family, and you shouldn't suffer like this, but the general is dead, and the world is in chaos like this, and there are no rules at all." I will give you to He Rongren, and then find a stick bandit to kill you, how to survive in the cracks depends on your ability. If we meet again, I will worship you. ”

"For Your Excellency's 'worship,' I have to try to live."

"Hey. I don't want to see He Rongren, you go with them. ”

More than ten soldiers came out and escorted Xu Ji and Chang Yanzhi to continue their march.

Chang Yanzhi whispered: "Childe...... Can't say anything to him? ”

Xu Ji shook his head, "The family is ruined, the revenge is avenged, and he is involved in the dispute between Qiang and Di - Zuo Jun's 'crack' is even narrower and more dangerous than mine, if he can vacate a vacant land in the future, it is quite persuadable." ”

"I'm afraid we won't be able to wait until that time." Chang Yanzhi couldn't think of any other way to get out of danger.

"As long as Ma Touqing hasn't opened Shan Yu's secret letter, we still have a glimmer of life." Xu Ji said with a smile.

It was Ma Touqing and others stationed in that camp, Xu Ji didn't see it, he immediately turned around and chased after him, and was reminded that there was fraud in it, which seemed to be related to Yang Mengjun, and guessed that Xu Ji must defect to the Golden Holy Maiden, so he chased all the way and caught up with the Liangzhou army.

Yang Mengjun swore an oath, and allowed He Rongren to search the whole army, and in the end, Ma Touqing apologized in a curtful manner, chased south, and privately issued a reward in the name of Shan Yu.

But he didn't have much hope of rediscovering Xu Ji, thinking that after a few days, Xu Ji would definitely hide, and he was unfamiliar with his life and nowhere to be found.

Hearing that someone really sent Xu Ji over, Ma Touqing was taken aback, rushed out of the tent, ran outside the camp to check, and saw Xu Ji's figure from a distance, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, jumping and dancing in public, shouting and shouting.

Xu Ji said loudly: "I'm back again, where has Ma Hou been these days......"

Chang Yanzhi reminded in a low voice: "He doesn't understand the Central Plains dialect." ”

"I almost forgot." Xu Ji said with a smile.

Ma Touqing ran over, grabbed Xu Ji's collar with both hands, and said a series of words, spitting stars.

Xu Ji raised his hand to cover his face, and finally a guide came over and interjected: "Ma Touqing said that you deserve to die." ”

The guide was left by Yang Mengjun to He Rongren, and he didn't know the relationship between his boss and Xu Ji, so he didn't care about Xu Ji's life and death.

"Trouble telling Ma Touqing, he has offered a reward for arresting me, and he hasn't given anyone any money yet."

The guide was stunned for a moment, and really conveyed this sentence.

Ma Touqing let go of Xu Ji and said to the soldiers of the Zuo family again.

The guide said: "He Rongren asked you whose soldiers you are?" ”

One of the soldiers replied, "Ownerless soldiers, we will leave when we get the silver, if we don't give it...... Let's go too. ”

The guide translated, Ma Touqing laughed, let people carry out the silver and hand it to the soldiers, he personally escorted Xu Ji into the camp, and asked for a rope to tie the arms of the two people behind his back and bring them into his tent, this time he had to guard it with a good eye.

"He didn't open the letter." Chang Yanzhi whispered, although Shan Yu's letter asked King Liang to kill people, if Ma Touqing saw it, it was very likely that he would do it without waiting for Liangzhou.

Ma Touqing was indignant, sat on the blanket, and said to Xu Jilian for nearly an hour, until late at night, he fell asleep, and the other end of the rope was tied around his waist, as long as the other two moved, he would notice.

Ma Touqing was in a relaxed mood and soon fell asleep, but Xu Ji and Chang Yanzhi couldn't sleep.

"Childe." Chang Yan spoke very quietly.

"Huh?"

"When is the head? Could something more unfortunate happen? ”

"Yes."

"Ah......h

As Xu Ji said, early the next morning, before He Rongren left, "bad luck" came.