It has been three or four days since the Qin envoy came to Zhao Ji, and there has been no news. At this time, Zhao Ji was sewing and mending clothes, and at the same time asked Yingzheng to play the piano. I feel that the sound of Yingzheng's piano today is different from the past. Then he asked, "Zheng'er, what's wrong today?" Why did learning the piano become absent-minded? ”

Ying Zheng stopped his hand and said, "Yan Dan has returned to Yan Kingdom today." ”

Zhao Ji was slightly stunned and asked, "Zheng'er, do you want to go back to Qin?" ”

Ying Zheng said: "I haven't seen Qin Guo again, why do you want to go back!" It's just that the one who stayed with his mother, Qin State, Zhao State, there are not the same. ”

"Then why are you so frustrated?" Zhao Ji asked.

Ying Zheng said: "It's just that as soon as Yan Dan leaves, I will lose a companion." It's a little sad, so it's a little absent-minded. ”

Zhao Ji didn't say anything after hearing it, and she knew in her heart that Ying Zheng and Yan Dan were both protons from other countries, and they were much closer to each other than others. Ying Zheng regarded Yan Dan as a good friend in his heart. However, the Yan State is one of the weakest states among the Qi States, and the Qin State is a unique power in the world. Who can guarantee that Yan Dan's closeness to Yingzheng is not an ulterior motive? I'm afraid that if Yan Dan knows that their mother and son have never even set foot on the land of Qin in their lives, and they are an abandoned son who is not loved by anyone to kiss or love, I am afraid that they will stay away from them early.

At this moment, Qin Envoy hurriedly broke into the courtyard of the mother and son, and said excitedly: "Madam! Son! King Zhao promised to let you go home! ”

The mother and son were slightly stunned after hearing this, but then they calmed down, Ying Zheng was about to continue practicing, but a light smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Ji's mouth, and said to Ying Zheng: "Zheng'er, don't practice yet." Go pack up our things, we are ready to follow the Qin envoy back to China. Ying Zheng was stunned again after hearing this, and was very surprised by the change in Zhao Ji's attitude, but he didn't think so. I got up and went back to the house to pack my things.

Zhao Ji asked, "Did King Zhao say when we can leave?" ”

The Qin envoy said: "You can leave at any time, and King Zhao also gave a large amount of property to the prince and his wife as a way to use along the way." ”

"Then you wrote King Zhao on my behalf." After Zhao Ji finished speaking, he ignored the Qin envoy. Qin Envoy was bored at first glance, the left and right missions had been completed, leaving some food and clothing for the mother and son, and he went to prepare for the return of the mother and son.

Two days later, Zhao Ji's mother and son thanked Queen Zhao, and under the farewell of the monarchs and ministers of Zhao, they set off with the Qin envoy to return to Qin. At this time, Zhao Ji and Ying Zheng were no longer the ragged clothes they were at the beginning, and the mother and son were already richly dressed and accompanied by no less than 100 guards. really has the dignity that a country's office should have.

Less than half a day after the convoy left Handan, Ying Zheng couldn't bear the loneliness in the carriage, and while following the honor guard convoy back to China, he was taught how to ride and drive a horse by the accompanying guards on the road. The team was stationed in the wilderness on the situation and official road, and there was nothing to do for three days in a row.

Zhao Ji and the carriage frame, looking at Ying Zheng riding a horse on the avenue, thought that he could return to Qin smoothly, but suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves in front of the convoy. Ying Zheng saw the horse exploring the path in front of his mentor coming back, and stepped forward and asked, "What's going on ahead, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

The spy arched his hand and said, "Report to Childe!" A group of Huns' horses in front were robbing a caravan, about a hundred people. Although we are many, we are mostly servants and servants. There are not many iron horsemen with armor, so I'm afraid they are not opponents. I'm here to ask my son and my lord how to deal with it. ”

After hearing this, Ying Zheng looked at the Qin envoy, the Qin envoy thought for a while, and said: "There are many female dependents in the accompanying team, and there are sons and wives with daughters, so there is no room for sloppiness. The front team becomes the back team, we take a detour! Speaking of fun, the accompanying junior officer of the Qin army ordered that the front of the convoy change to the tail, and the accompanying guards began to return under the cover. The team walked for another half day, and seeing that it was already night, they searched for a secluded place and set up camp.

The people in the waiting group had already begun to fall asleep, and the Huns during the day suddenly attacked the camp. Although the accompanying guards were all elite in the Qin army, the number was too small, and most of them were infantry. In addition, the frightened attendants and maids who were scurrying around also hindered the Qin army's guards from defending against the enemy. It didn't take long for the entire team to be scattered.

In order to escape the pursuit of the Hun horse team, Ying Zheng hid in a relatively unknown dense forest at the fork (at this time, the land of Yanzhao should still be relatively humid according to the results of geological investigation, and there are even elephants and pandas in some places in Henan). Ying Zheng calmed down, heard the sound of the Huns' horses' hooves not far behind him, and was forced to helplessly, Yunnan corrected a dense tree to climb up and hide among the dense branches and leaves. Motionless, only a pair of eyes were shown to look down. Fortunately, because Yingzheng has been hunting and grazing for a long time in the border area of Zhao State, it is not a problem to climb mountains and trees.

After a while, a team of more than a dozen Huns came to the edge of the forest. There were many traces left by people coming and going on the road, and the Huns couldn't tell which way Yingzheng escaped, and after wandering at the fork for a while, they divided into two teams, each chasing in one direction. Ying Zheng did not rush down from the tree when he saw the Huns leaving. Instead, he waited in the tree for half a moment, and when he saw that the Huns had not returned, he got down from the book and walked out of the woods.

Ying Zheng looked left and right, at this time, he was the only one left and right, and he didn't know the way to Qin, and he didn't have much entanglement on his body. After thinking about it, he walked back along the road from which he had fled, and saw if he could see the people who were with him, so that he could go on the road together. But Ying Zheng had found the camp along the way, but he still didn't see half a figure. By this time, the eastern horizon had begun to turn white, and it seemed that the sky was about to dawn. Ying Zheng also felt exhausted from the flight and fright of this night.

Seeing the actual harvest and blood on the ground, although Ying Zheng was still a little scared, he still swallowed his saliva, rummaged through the clothes and bedding, and searched for a short knife from the corpse of a soldier. With these things, I ran far away, found a place that seemed relatively safe, laid out a mattress, and slept first.

"With Qin envoys and those guards, my mother shouldn't be in danger." Ying Zheng recalled the scene before he was separated from Zhao Ji, and while comforting himself, he fell asleep deeply, and the short knife was always held in his hand.

After sleeping for a long time, Ying Zheng woke up with hunger in his stomach. Habitually looked left and right, touched his stomach, and said in his heart: "I hope there can be some pheasants and hares here." ”

So he found a place that looked like there should be a lot of flying beasts passing by, simply set a trap, and hid in a relatively secret place to wait for the rabbit, waiting for the prey to come to the door.

After a while, I heard the sound of a living creature running on the ground, and it felt like it was not small, and it was coming in the direction of the trap. Ying Zheng didn't dare to show his head, holding the short knife tightly in his hand, and said in his heart: "I don't know what it is, and I don't know if I can beat it." If it's a wild boar, I'm out of luck. ”

It didn't take long to hear the sound of the trap being triggered, along with the screams of a little girl "oops". Ying Zheng was startled, stretched out his head to look, and saw a girl about his age with bare feet and hair up to his knees, stepping on one foot in the trap, and her ankle was caught by the branch in the trap and fell to the ground. "Why didn't you wait for the pheasant and hare, but waited for someone then?" Ying Zheng thought to himself, and asked the girl, "Hey! Who are you? How did you run into my trap! ”

The girl heard the voice and looked at Yingzheng, and suddenly she wanted to see a ghost, and struggled to pull her foot out of the trap and escape. Ying Zheng looked at the girl's reaction and didn't know what was going on with her. She stepped forward to help her open the trap, but when the girl saw Ying Zheng coming towards her, she was so frightened that she cried, and she was even more eager to pull her foot out of the trap. But the more anxious you are, the more you can't do it. Instead, he injured his corner, and the trap was full of blood.

Ying Zheng saw that he walked up a few steps quickly and pressed the girl's foot, and said, "Don't move." Then he was ready to open the trap for the girl. But since the girl was crazy, she seemed to have to fight with Yingzheng. Ying Zheng knew that there must be a reason why the girl was like this, and she opened the trap by fighting against the girl. As soon as the girl escaped, she was about to run away into the distance, but as soon as she took a step, she fell to the ground again.

Although the clamp made by Ying Zheng is simple, it has a lot of power, and ordinary pheasants and hares can directly clip their legs. The girl struggled in it for a while, and now she must be numb and unable to move.

Ying Zheng saw the girl fall again, as soon as Ying Zheng grew up in the mountains since he was a child, he already had a little kindness of a commoner in the mountains, and when he saw the girl looking handsome and cute at this time, his heart was soft and he couldn't help but go up to help her. And when the girl saw Yingzheng approaching her, she cried and shouted, "Don't come here!" "The whole person was so frightened that they were wrapped up.

Ying Zheng stopped and said carefully: "Don't worry, I'm not a bad person, I'm not here to arrest you." Don't be afraid! I'll show you the injury. As he spoke, he approached the girl little by little. Finally, the girl seemed to believe Yingzheng's words and let the enlistment get closer to her. The enlistment picked up the girl's feet and looked at them to see that it was only a skin injury, that is, Yiyi had been walking barefoot and was a little dirty. Ying Zheng tore off a piece of the silk robe on his body, bandaged the little girl's wound, held her hand and said, "You try to stand up now." ”

The little girl stood up a little bit with Ying Zheng's support, and just as she stood firm, she suddenly pushed Ying Zheng away and wanted to run again. But now she is still limping, and she can't run fast at all. Ying Zheng chased after him in a few steps, held the girl and said, "Your feet are not good now, what are you running?" I'm really not the bad guy who came to catch you! ”

The little girl didn't answer Yingzheng's words, but just shed tears of grievance.

Ying Zheng looked at the little girl's appearance, and he didn't know what to do. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Have you eaten?" ”

The little girl raised a pair of teary eyes to look at Ying Zheng and shook her head.