sent Sun Shangxiang on the big boat, and Cao Shuo then left with Zhu Ao and Deng Zhan.

The big ship took advantage of the night to anchor, Sun Shangxiang stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the departing Cao Shuo, her pretty face showed reluctance and sadness.

Neither Pang Tong nor Gao Shun approached her.

Although Cao Shuo's wife could travel freely in the city, their subordinates still didn't dare to take a second look.

Looking at the back of Cao Shuo, who was swallowed by the night, Sun Shangxiang had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

She deeply felt an inexplicable sadness.

This sadness does not come from her departure from Jiangdong, but from Cao Shuo's departure.

Knowing that Jiangdong was dangerous, Cao Shuo still returned to Wu County without hesitation.

There is only one reason, that is, Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi are still in the city.

In order for his subordinates to be able to risk their lives, except for real men with affection and righteousness, ordinary people can't do it......

"Ma'am." The big boat walked towards the heart of the river, and Pang Tong finally came to Sun Shangxiang's side: "It's cold outside, please go to the cabin to avoid the wind first, and when I dock, I will arrange someone to send Mrs. back to Shouchun first." ”

"Has the husband always been like this?" Sun Shangxiang didn't look at him, but suddenly asked such a sentence.

"Madame is asking ......," Pang Tong asked not very clearly.

"Is he willing to risk his own life every time for the sake of his subordinates?" Sun Shangxiang asked: "Is it for her husbands, who will stay to face danger every time?" ”

"Childe is such a person." Pang Tong replied: "Seeing that he seems to be very immodest in talking and doing things on weekdays, in fact, he is the most decent person I have ever met, and he is also the most responsible person, otherwise how could we follow him with all our hearts?" ”

"I'm not going to Shouchun." Sun Shangxiang said suddenly: "I will stay with my husband." ”

Pang Tong was stunned and said, "But the prince has ordered ......."

"The husband wants to crusade against Liu Xuande, and I have also learned some martial arts." Sun Shangxiang said: "Although I may not be able to accompany him to the battle to kill the enemy, I can protect myself and do not need him to be distracted to take care of it." ”

"But Childe has already made arrangements, if you don't do it according to his wishes, I'm afraid he will ......," Pang Tong said hesitantly.

"Pang Gong doesn't need to persuade anymore." Sun Shangxiang said: "You only know your husband, but you don't know me yet. What I decided to do was something that no one could persuade me. ”

Pang Tong once went to visit Mrs. Wu, so Sun Shangxiang recognized him and could call him out.

Sun Shangxiang's words were resolute, and Pang Tong had to clench his fists and bow down and say: "Since Madame is so decisive, I have no choice but to rely on it." It's just that Madame has to promise me one condition. ”

"Please speak to Pang Gong." Sun Shangxiang said.

"When I arrive in Jingzhou, I will settle my wife in the barracks, and ask my wife not to move around at will." Pang Tong clenched his fists and bowed and said.

"Of course I won't be moving around until my husband comes back." Sun Shangxiang said: "Pang Gong just rest assured, I won't cause trouble." ”

Sending Sun Shangxiang on the big boat, Cao Shuo took Deng Zhan, Zhu Ao and others to the direction of Wu County.

They didn't go very fast.

Deng Zhan asked: "Childe, Madame is not here, will the soldiers defending the city open the city gate for us?" ”

"We're not going back to Kure." Cao Shuo said: "Tonight, I will find a village outside the city to spend the night, and wait until dawn to go back." ”

"Childe really plans to go to Zhou Yu's banquet?" Zhu Ao asked suddenly.

"What? Scared? Cao Shuo asked with a smile.

"What is there to be afraid of." Zhu Ao said: "I don't have anything to fear, but I don't understand why Gongzi knows that Zhou Yu has bad intentions, so why he has to go." ”

"Excuses, just for an excuse." Cao Shuo said: "An excuse to fight Jiangdong." ”

"For an excuse, Childe actually risked his life." Deng Zhan said: "It's not worth it. ”

"There are many things in this world that cannot be measured by whether they are worth it or not." Cao Shuo said: "Actually, if you want me to say, anything that needs to be exchanged for life is not worth it." As long as you live, anything is possible. But how many things in the world have to be exchanged for life? Many times we don't want to hurt people, we don't want to kill people, but others want to harm us, but they try to kill us. When we encounter such a thing, can we only retreat? ”

Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao were silent.

Many of Cao Shuo's ideas were difficult for the two of them to understand before listening to his detailed explanation.

"There is no way back, only forward." Cao Shuo said: "When we walk, others say that there are ghosts in front of us, why don't we continue to move forward?" Only when you walk up to you will you know if there is really a ghost or someone pretending to be a ghost. ”

Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao didn't say anything more.

Although they still felt that it was not worth Cao Shuo to risk his life, they couldn't think of anything more suitable to persuade him.

After walking a little further, Cao Shuo vaguely saw a village in front of him.

He said to the people behind him, "There is a village ahead, and we will spend the night there tonight." If the villagers asked us about our origins, they said that they were foreign merchants and missed the overnight stay. ”

Everyone answered and ran to the village.

When he came to the entrance of the village, Cao Shuo heard a dog barking from the village.

The barking of dogs got closer and closer, and several dogs ran out of the village.

At this time, there were no exotic breeds of dogs raised in the village, and they were all ferocious native dogs that had long been seen in the countryside.

Soil dogs are different from many popular dogs in later generations, although they are fierce, they never attack acquaintances, and they are particularly alert, as long as there are people close to the owner's territory, they will immediately rush forward and bark wildly, and it is actually very good to raise a guard home.

A few local dogs barked at Cao Shuo and the others a few times, and suddenly without warning, they grabbed their tails, turned around and ran into the village.

Seeing this scene, not only Deng Zhan, Zhu Ao and others were very surprised, but even Cao Shuo felt a little strange.

"Let's go into the village." Cao Shuo gave an order to the crowd and led them into the village.

When they reached the entrance of the village, they saw a figure standing in the middle of the road.

Seeing Cao Shuo enter the village, the figure suddenly knelt down.

Just as Cao Shuo was about to step forward to interrogate, the figure stood up again, bowed to him a few times, turned around and disappeared behind the two grass houses.

The scene in front of him was really strange, Cao Shuo instructed Deng Zhan and the others: "Look for it and see who it is." ”

Deng Zhan and Zhu Ao did not leave, but just ordered the guards behind them to come forward and look for them.

The guards looked for a while, and one of them came to Cao Shuo with a white silk handkerchief with words written on it: "Childe, I didn't see anyone, I only found this thing at the mouth of the well." ”

Taking the silk silk, Cao Shuo instructed the guards to hold the torches.

Looking over by the firelight, I saw two lines of words written on the silk: "Grass and Sun Song, Outside the Sky." Jin Shengle, Shejiping! ”

I didn't quite understand the meaning of these two lines, Cao Shuo put the silk silk into his arms: "Find a family and ask if we can stay here tonight." ”

(End of chapter)