At noon, the streets of Gusu were crowded with people. Ji Wu rode a high-headed horse and walked at the front of the team, Zhang Xun, Gong Wanran, and Dongya also rode horses, following behind Ji Wu, and thirty soldiers walked behind, guarding King Yue and his wife in front and back.

Zhang Xun turned around to look at King Yue, only to see that he was thin, his back was rickety, his clothes were tattered, his gray hair was messy and dirty, his hands were tied in front of him, and he walked silently with his head down.

Zhang Xun whispered to Gong Wanran: "King Yue has been humiliated too much. ”

"Shh Gong Wanran didn't speak, but just booed Zhang Xun to stop talking.

The procession circled around the city of Gusu, almost all the streets, and finally walked out of the city gate around noon.

After walking out of the city for more than half an hour, Zhang Xun said to Gong Wanran: "Brother Xiaoran, I want to give my horse to the Yue Wang and his wife to ride......

Gong Hui thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

So, Zhang Xun walked a few steps quickly, caught up with Ji Wu, and said to Ji Wu: "General, King Yue is tired, can I let the horse be ridden by King Yue?" ”

"What?! Gou Jian is a criminal minister, a slave, what qualifications does he have to ride a horse! It's good not to be in a flail. Ji Wu's voice was loud, and these words were really heard in the ears of King Yue.

Zhang Xun had no choice but to follow Ji Wu and move forward slowly.

"Brother Gonghui! Brother Xiao Xun! ”

A voice came from behind, and I saw a fast horse galloping over, Zhang Xun looked at it, and it turned out to be Heyu.

Ji Wu scolded angrily: "Why are you here!? ”

"My father won't let me come, I want to come!"

"Go back!"

"No, no! I'm going to prove myself! ”

"You!"

Gong Hui was busy playing the round, and saluted Ji Wu: "General Ji Wu, since the son has already sneaked over, he must have made up his mind and will not go back." It's useless to talk more, so let Childe go with him. ”

"That's it! I definitely won't go back! He Yu said with a straight back.

"It seems that the general's responsibility has been added to protect the safety of the son." Gong Wanran looked at Ji Wu's angry but helpless appearance and said with a smile.

"Whew! You boy! Pure blind join in the fun! Ji Wu yelled at Heyu again, and then helplessly turned his horse forward.

Seeing that Ji Wu was no longer forced, He Yu whispered to Gong Huiran: "Thank you Brother Gong Hui for pleading." ”

Gong Wanran shook his head and said, "Heyu, in fact, you really shouldn't come." ”

"Why? I want to hone and hone. ”

"It's not safe."

He Yu looked very confident, "My martial arts are acceptable, and I can protect myself!" ”

"Forget it, if you insist on this, I'm afraid no one can resist it. But what I'm most worried about is that Li Zida will recognize you, if he threatens you with the second elder, or threatens the general with you, what should I do? Therefore, you must cover up your identity, and you must not be swayed by Li Zida. ”

"Well, I remember." He Yu nodded.

After the team escorting King Yue left Gusu, it took three and a half days to walk through three county seats. At this time, twilight fell, and people were sleepy.

"Water...... Give me water to drink......" King Yue shouted in a hoarse voice.

"What are you shouting, there's no water!" A soldier scolded.

"I want to drink water! ...... "King Yue ignored him and still shouted.

Ji Wu turned his horse and came to King Yue, looked down at King Yue, and snorted disdainfully, "When you get to Changyi, you can drink enough." ”

Zhang Xun felt very uncomfortable in his eyes, but he was helpless, and his water bag was already empty. At this time, Gong Wanran patted Zhang Xun, handed him his water bag, and motioned for Zhang Xun to take it to King Yue.

"Brother Xiao Ran, aren't you drinking?"

"It's okay, go ahead."

Zhang Xun hesitated for a moment, took the water bag, jumped off the horse, walked in front of King Yue, and handed the water bag to King Yue. King Yue didn't even look at Zhang Xun, grabbed the water bag violently, and drank it with a grunt. King Yue's wife, Yayu, grabbed King Yue's shoulders and looked at him with a blank eye, seeing that King Yue was about to drink the water dry, Yayu stretched out his hand to grab the water bag, but King Yue ignored it completely.

King Yue drank the water before letting go of his hand. Yayu hurriedly snatched the water bag, stuffed the spout into his mouth, twisted the water bag with both hands, and sucked hard, but only licked a few drops of water.

Yayu raised her head and looked at Zhang Xun expectantly, as if begging Zhang Xun to give her some more water, but Zhang Xun could only shake his head helplessly.

The team marched for another half an hour, and by the time they reached Changyi County, it was already dark. At this time, Changyi County had closed the city gate, and on the low earthen wall, a guard asked the team about the intention, and Ji Wu showed the documents and talismans after explaining the city. So, the gates opened, and the procession slowly entered the city.

Li Zida ran to greet him in a panic, and when he saw Ji Wu, he hurriedly apologized, saying things like missing the distance. Subsequently, Ji Wu arranged for soldiers to detain the Yue Wang and his wife, and then went to drink with Li Zida.

During the banquet, the two staggered, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and before they knew it, it was the middle of the night.

"General Ji Wu, you are a brother...... Belch...... I hope to take care of my little brother. Li Zida said drunkly.

"Where, where, Master Li is older than me, and you are the elder brother."

"General Ji Wu guards the capital...... I...... A small county at the border, I am ...... I'm the younger brother. Li Zida propped his head with one hand and muttered drunkenly.

"Lord Li is serious, I am also a nobody, it was not easy to get an errand in Wu State, come, I salute you, you need to pay more attention to the street tour tomorrow." Ji Wu raised his glass as he spoke.

"Hmm...... That...... Is that...... Nature...... Well...... Drink...... Drink ......" Li Zida just raised his wine glass and fell asleep on the table.

"Lord Li, Lord Li." Ji Wu shook Li Zida while shouting, and when he saw that Li Zida didn't move, he got up and went out.

Ji Wu quietly came to the temporary barracks, Zhang Xun and Gong Huiran were already waiting for him, Ji Wu nodded to the two, so everyone split up.

Ji Wu led fifteen soldiers to blockade the entire county mansion, and left five soldiers and Yu Heyu to guard the Yue Wang and his wife.

On the other side, Zhang Xun and Gong Huiran groped outside Li Zida's government barracks with Dong Ya and ten soldiers, only to see the government soldiers standing guard at the door dozing off with wooden sticks, Zhang Xun went up to cover his mouth, dragged him to the back of the room, put a sword on his neck, and whispered: "If you dare to shout, I will kill you!" Got it! ”

The soldier nodded.

Zhang Xun relaxed his hand a little, and seeing that the soldiers didn't dare to shout, he then asked, "Where are the two old men you captured a few days ago being held?" ”

Fu Bing said nervously: "In ...... In the backyard of the prefectural government. ”

"Point it to me!"

Fu Bing nodded, pointing to a house not far away, "That's the house." ”

Zhang Xun slammed the head of the soldier with the hilt of his sword, knocking him unconscious, and ordered eight soldiers to guard the barracks, and then led the others around the backyard.

Zhang Xun found the house that the government soldiers pointed to, and saw that there was a copper lock on the door, and a window was open next to the door, but the window was too narrow for people to pass through. Zhang Xun leaned on the window and looked in, and sure enough, when he saw Mr. Juan and Uncle Purple Kite, Zhang Xun was overjoyed and shouted in a low voice: "Mr. Juan, Mr. Juan, we are here to save you." ”

When Huan Che heard the voice, he immediately sat up, he saw Zhang Xun through the window, and happily woke up the purple kite.

Zhang Xungang wanted to say a few words of greeting, but was pulled down by Gong Huiran, who said: "The person has been found, let's start acting." ”

Zhang Xun nodded, glanced at Dongya, Dongya took out the fire fold and lit a torch, lit the thatch on the roof next to it, and the fire quickly burned. The fire in the sky was the signal sent by Zhang Xun, and now Ji Wu already knew that they had found the second elder. Since there is no need to throw a rat bogey, Ji Wu can let go of his hands and feet to clean up Li Zida, and after a while, there was chaos in the city, and the shouts of killing came and went.

"General Ji Wu has also started to act, and I will cut the lock." Zhang Xun said, took out the saber and slashed at the copper lock, and after slashing it a few times, the lock was already loose.

Zhang Xun shouted into the room: "Mr. Yan, you guys hide back, I'm going to hit the door!" ”

"Okay." The man in the room responded.

Zhang Xun took a few steps back, and a runner rushed up, "Knock! With a bang, the door was slammed open, and he stumbled and almost fell, but fortunately he was held up by Mr. Yan.

Zhang Xun hurriedly stood firm and saluted Mr. Juan: "Mr. Juan, Uncle Purple Kite, the juniors are late." ”

"It's not too late, it's not too late, thank you." Mr. Yan saluted the crowd.

"The mistakes of the younger generations caused the two elders to suffer and sin." Gong Wan saluted the second elder, and then continued: "How about the arrow wound of the purple kite master? Can I walk? ”

"Okay, almost, no problem walking."

"Okay, then let's go and join the general."

"Okay, let's go."

So Zhang Xun and Dongya were in front, Gong Wanran and the other two soldiers were behind, and the group protected the second elder and walked out of the courtyard.

As soon as I got out of the backyard, I saw several corpses lying in front of the government barracks, including Li Zida's government soldiers and Ji Wu's soldiers, it seems that there has just been a battle here. Zhang Xun chuckled in his heart and said to himself: "Oops! ”

When I arrived outside the courtyard, I saw two teams of people facing each other, on one side Ji Wu led more than ten soldiers, and on the other hand, Li Zida and Li Shi led more than 30 government soldiers.

"Old boy, pretend to be drunk, you can really pretend! I should have cut you down a long time ago! Ji Wu scolded.

"Hmph, what did I Li do, and the general had to put me to death?"

"Keep pretending, you don't know what you're doing! I don't know what you're pretending to be drunk! ”

"I'm afraid the general misunderstood Li, right?"

"You really don't hit the south wall and don't give up! It's all here, and you have to pretend to be stupid, okay! Then let me ask you, why are you pretending to be drunk? ”

"There are a lot of generals, if Li doesn't pretend to be drunk, I'm afraid of being drunk to death by the general." Li Zida's tone was tepid, and his expression was calm.

"Okay! Yes! You can do it! Ji Wu was so angry that he gritted his teeth, he stomped his feet, and continued to ask, "Okay, then tell me how you know I'm going to clean you up?!" ”

"My subordinates discovered your movements, and in order to protect myself, I had to lead troops to resist. General, there must be some misunderstanding here, can we put down our swords and sit down and have a good chat? ”

"What to talk about! Hurry up and arrest you, I can spare you from death, or I will kill you cleanly! Ji Wu roared angrily.

Gong Wanran listened to the conversation between the two from a distance, and said to Zhang Xun: "This Li Zida is not simple, we have to quickly find a way to deal with the situation in front of us." ”

Zhang Xun was puzzled, "How do you say it?" ”

"It seems that Li Zida really doesn't know that General Ji Wu is a close confidant of Lord County Lieutenant, and he doesn't know that King Yue will be escorted back to China in advance. The incident happened suddenly tonight, and Li Zida was not prepared, so we were able to rescue the second elder so easily. ”

Zhang Xun nodded, "What you said makes sense." ”

"Li Zida knew that he had a handle, so he acted cautiously, pretending to be drunk was inevitable, General Ji Wu should indeed tie him up first."

"Yes, I didn't think of this either, I should have reminded General Ji Wu before. Huh! Negligence! ”

"It's not a good situation at the moment. You see, although the two sides are still facing each other, the number of people is much worse, and General Ji Wu also understands the current situation, so he is deliberately delaying time. ”

"But the more time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be. We have a limited number of people, and we are already at a disadvantage, and Li Zida's side is still mobilizing troops, and the number of government soldiers will become more and more......"

"Another point, Li Zida is likely to send someone to snatch King Yue. If Li Zida controls King Yue and threatens King Yue's life, then it will be even more difficult for us to do it. ”

"How can this be a good ......" Zhang Xun was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and at this moment, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said excitedly: "I have a way!" ”