Although Jin Qiuyuan's face was scared, he still mustered up the courage and said: "The slave knows what the side concubine means, the slave and the maid just don't adapt to it all of a sudden, and it will be fine after a while." Sure enough, after a while, Jin Qiu, who was completely accustomed to the smell of blood, took a long cloth strip to help the soldiers bandage their wounds, while Yin Qiu stayed by Zhang Erzhen's side and never left.

Looking at the busy Jin Qiu, Huang Lei laughed again: "You girl is excellent, I look good, how about asking for my house?"

Zhang Erzhen glared at him and said, "Lord Huang, there are only two of you in total, and I can't give you one." ”

"Haha, Lao Huang just talks about it, it's just a matter of not working. But you're a really good girl, our team is all five big and three rough men, and the bandaging is just like me, just tie it casually, how can you be as meticulous as your girl, and you know how to deal with wounds. ”

"It's too hot, and if you don't treat the wound, it will be bad if it becomes infected and inflamed. ”

"The soldiers are not so particular, we have to continue to hurry, we can't stay in this place for long, if it gets dark and attracts tigers and wolves, it will be troublesome." ”

It's just too normal for jackals, tigers and leopards to be here, Zhang Erzhen couldn't help but tremble when she looked at these corpses, and said, "Lord Huang, let's bury our own people, if we leave them halfway like this, we won't be able to explain to their family when we go back." ”

"Explain what, that's not the case when you come out to be a soldier. Tie your head to your belt and earn something to eat, and you can't tell what will happen in the future, and if you die, you will die. But since you said it, let's dig a few holes and bury them, and the brothers are pitiful and can't be buried in their ancestral graves. Huang Lei stopped laughing, and began to bend down to sort out the clothes of several brothers, check them next to each other to see if there were any things that could be brought to their families, and turned out a little silver, handkerchief, and letters bits and pieces, and then wrapped them in a large blue cloth and muttered: "Brothers, let's go, I will take these things home for you." You died on a mission, and I will report your military merits when you go back, that is, you will fight for Lao Huang's life, and you will get everything you should get. Then he shouted to the brothers who were busy counting the horses and carts: "...... Don't be busy yet, let's bury these brothers!"

Zhang Erzhen still saw Huang Lei wiping his eyes with his sleeve, and then continued to scold with a big mouth, while busy digging a pit, Zhang Erzhen walked up to the five corpses and bowed deeply to each corpse, thank you for your bravery just now, thank you for protecting me, thank you.

"Side concubine, they look so young, it's pitiful to die like this. Yinqiu wiped her tears in her hoarse voice, and said with palpitations, "Why did that gang of bandits come to rob us, we don't have any money." ”

"We don't have any money, but they can also rob Yinqiu and you to be the lady of the village." Zhang Erzhen joked half-truthfully, and muttered: "This is fate, it's good to be alive, Yinqiu, no matter what happens, I hope you can live." ”

"The slave knows, don't worry about the side concubine. And also...... Mingyue must be alive too. ”

"Well, you're right. ”

Zhang Erzhen looked at a few soldiers digging a pit under the cypress tree in the distance, they were sweating like rain, their faces were not sad or happy, they dug a huge soil pit very skillfully, and then walked over and the two carried a corpse into the pit, five of them were lined up one by one, and their faces were covered with a white cloth, and they were buried together, which could be regarded as having a response to the king of Yama in the underworld.

A healthy man who was alive and healthy an hour ago was lying in the pit in the blink of an eye......

Huang Lei watched by the edge of the pit, and then shoveled the last handful of soil with a big knife to cover the body of his comrade-in-arms, and shouted: "The ancient road is bluestone and cold, and the martyrs are buried in the forest." Brothers, see you in the next life! Brothers, let's go!"

The soldiers in the circle all had serious faces, took off their helmets and hugged them in their hands, bowed deeply and walked towards the carriage without looking back. Zhang Erzhen watched as Fang Cai's huge soil pit was quickly filled, and there were no traces of it, and there were some green leaves torn off from cypress trees on it.

Huang Lei called from afar: "We're about to leave, come back quickly!"

Zhang Erzhen dragged the still sad Yinqiu back, Jin Qiu had already sat in the carriage, and soon the carriage ran again, leaving the corpses of those bandits far behind. Not long after Zhang Erzhen left, a thick black smoke rose from the place, and Second Master Qiu commanded the corpses of those bandits to be piled together and put a fire, which was both a deterrent and a warning, some of the bandits hiding in the shadows hated itchy, and some trembled with fear, these devils are simply more suitable for being bandits than them!

That night, Zhang Erzhen and his party rested in a small village, there were not many people in the village, and they were very wary of the wounded soldiers. Huang Lei commanded his subordinates to give a family member five taels of silver, and ordered to clean up two rooms, which was the first time Zhang Erzhen slept on the bed in recent days. Although the bed was hard and there were many mosquitoes at night, the three of them finally lay down comfortably when they were huddled together. Zhang Erzhen opened her eyes and looked at the wide night sky outside the window, the silver stars flickered, like pearls scattered on the jade plate, Zhang Erzhen was very poetic and remembered a poem by Du Mu, "The silver candle autumn light is cold on the screen, and the light Luo small fan flutters fireflies." The night is as cool as water, lying down to see the morning glory Vega. ”...... She never admitted that she had been away from Beijing for a few days, and she missed those people in the capital a little.

Tomorrow is going to Fengyang, tomorrow is going to Fengyang high wall......

Fengyang is the ancestral tomb of the Ming Dynasty, and the high wall of Fengyang is the royal city wall ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang to supervise the construction, and later became the royal prison. Speaking of which, Zhu Yuanzhang can be regarded as benevolent and righteous to his children and grandchildren. Foreigners and ministers have committed great crimes, the heads of the heads are killed, and the exiles are exiled, and the emperors will not feel distressed. However, no matter how big a mistake the blood relatives of the Zhu family made, they felt uncomfortable when they killed his head, so the children of the royal family who committed a major crime had a place to go - Fengyang, which was managed by the emperor's cronies and eunuchs, and was equipped with a special guard. Once he was thrown into the high wall, he could still be released in his lifetime if he was lucky, and the unlucky ones were like Zhu Yunwen's son Zhu Wengui was imprisoned in the Fengyang high wall when he was a two-year-old child, and he was able to come out at the age of fifty-seven.

Huang Lei was resolute, and after entering Fengyang, he bent his horse and approached the high wall. The high wall in front of Zhang Erzhen is majestic and majestic, making people suffocate solemnly. The gray stone blue brick wall towers into the sky, and the top is backed by a series of cloud peaks with sharp sharp knives, and the high wall has a small hole half a foot square, and the small hole is blocked by pitch-black solid wood, and the left and right sides stretch for a long time, and you can't see the edge at a glance. Half of the pedestrians around the high wall were nowhere to be seen, except for two heavily armed gatekeepers on the left and right of the gate, standing with a gun and not moving at all.

The carriage escorting Zhang Erzhen stopped directly at the city gate, and Huang Lei said with some regret and sympathy: "This high-walled gate has three floors, once you enter, it will be difficult to come out again in this life." Lao Huang can only send you here, and the rest depends on your creation. Lao Huang can't give you anything else, he can only send you a word, precious!"

Looking at such a building, Zhang Erzhen could only sigh at the exquisite craftsmanship and wisdom of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, and she sighed: "Thank you, Lord Huang, you have worked hard all the way." The emperor's order is difficult to disobey, even if the holy decree gives me a white silk, and that's it. The Holy One won't let me die, so I have to live well. ”

"It's good that you can think about it, you're so young, maybe you will have ...... creation in the future"

Huang Lei's words are not complete, the new emperor ascends the throne, everything is possible.

Zhang Erzhen jumped out of the carriage, the group walked to the city gate, Huang Lei took out the holy decree from his arms, and the general leader of the city gate guard, who had already received the news, led his subordinates to receive the order, Zhang Erzhen also knelt down, only to hear Huang Lei's rough voice read:

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Today, there is a sinner prince and concubine Zhang Erzhen, carry the blessing of heaven, and the blessing is not Ze, read this merit, and guard the life within the high wall, without delay, Qin this!"

"Fengyang High Wall Commander Cao Shun takes the order!"

"The person will be handed over to you, and I have to hurry back to resume my life, so I won't stay long. Huang Lei put the rolled holy decree into Cao Shun's hands, and the two soldiers from the army did not have so many false politeness, Cao Shun said magnificently: "Lord Huang has worked hard all the way, wait for the younger brother to prepare a table of wine and food, Lord Huang will not be too late to leave tomorrow!"

"When I came here, I met a bandit who killed five of my brothers, this revenge can't be avenged, this time I will go back to exterminate the bandits, so I won't stay to eat and drink, Brother Cao doesn't have to be polite, say goodbye!" Huang Lei said goodbye with a smile, Zhang Erzhen also waved at him, Huang Lei is a good soldier full of justice in his heart, let the gang of bandits run away, he must be holding his stomach angry. Huang Lei, who was riding a horse, disappeared from view in a blink of an eye, Cao Shun saw Huang Lei leave, and said to Zhang Erzhen very politely: "Concubine Fang, please come inside." ”

"There's Lord Lawcao. Zhang Erzhen smiled, feeling less like a prisoner going to prison, but like a visitor to Disneyland.

"It's been a long time since anyone came here, and the last time was the third son of King Chongjian who was sent in the year before last, and now two years have passed. Time flies so fast, side concubine, you are still the first female dependent to be imprisoned, you can rest assured, although Cao is a rough person, but he is still very careful when he should be careful, we have already gotten the news, we must not dare to treat you badly, so if you want something, just say, Lao Cao will go outside to buy it for you, what do you want, as long as you ...... Haha, as long as you don't make trouble for us, just do your ......" Cao Shun sighed at first, and the voice behind him was very low, thanks to Zhang Erzhen's excellent hearing, otherwise he really couldn't hear it. Listening to Cao Shun's meaning, he seemed to be very excited about Zhang Erzhen's arrival, and Zhang Erzhen couldn't help but say that Cao Shun was a very humorous person.

Jin Qiu didn't hear what Master Cao said behind, but just looked at the towering city wall in front of him and wanted to cry without tears.

Zhang Erzhen walked slowly towards the door, until one foot stepped through the first door, and a deep sense of tranquility enveloped her, Zhang Erzhen asked, "How often can I come out?"

Cao Shun scratched his head a little embarrassed and whispered, "...... In fact, you are not allowed to come out for the rest of your life, unless the emperor decrees it, but ...... We can figure it out. ”