Chapter 9: Bending the waist for five buckets of rice

Thirty miles away in the temporary garrison camp, Ling Zixu sat in a daze in the brightly lit tent, it was late at night, but he didn't have the slightest look of wanting to rest.

The adjutant general who sat with him has now been promoted to the general of the Left Guard, and Zhu Xingchen, who directly controls the Central Praetorian Guard, is looking at Ling Zixu with his hands on his cheeks and his eyes blank.

Zhu Xingchen was going to go home and celebrate with his father Zhu Yanbing, the former general of Zuo Shenwu and the former leader of the Central Praetorian Guard, but he didn't want to meet Guangluqing Wang Qizhuo halfway.

Because the two families are in-laws, Wang Qizhuo stopped him, insisting that he tell him where the captured princess Chen Guo is now, and said that he wants to meet the emperor and must kill this princess Chen Guo to avenge his dead son Wang Pingtie.

Losing his beloved son, Wang Qizhuo was annoyed and ashamed, today is a big day for the army to triumph, he is not good to mention this matter to the emperor, he will meet the emperor early tomorrow morning, if he does not kill Princess Chen, he will not give up.

At that time, the son of the king's commander, a fifteen-year-old boy, was also present, crying a handful of snot and tears, saying that his mother was looking for death and life at home, and that if he did not kill Princess Chen, his whole family would not live.

Zhu Xingchen followed Ling Zixu to mix in the capital when he was a child, he was small, and the relationship was not ordinary iron, if he wanted to say that Ling Zixu's mind he could also figure out eight, eight, nine, nine, but this time he couldn't understand it.

However, in order to inform Ling Zixu of the news, his family did not return and directly found the military camp.

At this time, Ling Zixu stroked his forehead, a little at a loss, the situation is getting more and more complicated, it is not easy to keep this princess of Chen Guo.

"But why did you keep her?" Zhu Xingchen finally asked the question in his heart.

Ling Zixu's eyes turned cold, and his fingers stroked the teacup in his hand: "I actually wanted to kill her, thinking about our several defeats, as well as the consequences of the blind charge of the king's commander, I was going to break her into thousands ......of pieces." ”

Ling Zixu's voice was gloomy, his expression was cold, and his eyes were indifferent and calm.

"Then why are you soft-hearted, is it because of her beauty, which makes you feel lustful and forgetful, and there is a knife on the head of the color word!" Zhu Xingchen put his hands on his cheeks and stared at Ling Zixu in a daze.

Ling Zixu glanced at him and sighed: "I thought that such a sturdy woman, after being captured, would definitely rather die than bend, rather than bend, regard death as home, and be righteous and awe-inspiring, who knows, hey......"

The corners of Zhu Xingchen's mouth turned up: "I heard that Commander Wang's subordinates tortured her a lot, why, she begged for mercy?" ”

"It's not just begging for ......mercy," Ling Zixu's eyes darkened, "It's just shameless, there is no lower limit!" ”

"She seduced you?" I wish Stardust a malicious smile.

Ling Zixu shook his head: "That's not it!" ”

"Then I wonder if you have pity for such a person? Aren't you supposed to hate such people? ”

"When things go wrong, there must be demons, this is unreasonable, very strange......."

"So, it piqued your curiosity?" Zhu Xingchen shook his head again and again, "You just love to give yourself problems, this is good, there are so many people beating her idea, what are you going to do?" ”

"The old way, break them one by one!"

"Ha, okay, you're interested, I won't accompany you, I'll go to sleep!" With that, Zhu Xingchen stretched, stood up, and went back to his tent.

Ling Zixu also stood up and walked out of the tent.

The sky was full of stars, there was no moon, and the tents of the soldiers were all melted into the night.

He walked towards a tent in the western corner, and had only taken a few steps when suddenly a dark shadow flashed before his eyes, so fast that he would not have been able to detect it if he had not been alert.

"Who?" He let out a loud shout.

There was no response, but there was a commotion in several camps around him, and some sergeants were awakened.

In order not to disturb the rest of the sergeants, he hurried over, looked around, and saw nothing, such a way that he could not catch up with him.

Then I thought, this is the last night of the barracks, whoever it is, let him go.

At the door of the tent in the west corner, there were two dozing guards, he didn't alarm them, he walked straight inside, one of the guards suddenly woke up, saw Ling Zixu, hurriedly stood upright, Ling Zixu didn't bother to take care of him, picked up the curtain and entered the tent.

The lights inside were dim, and Qingmei was lying on the table on the side, already asleep.

Looking at the bed again, the person was lying upright, and when she got closer, her eyes were open, staring blankly at the top of the tent.

"Can't sleep?" Ling Zixu sat directly on the edge of her bed.

He Mengxi's eyes didn't move, her mind was very clear, she understood the current situation, Ling Zixu promised not to kill her, but now that she is in the capital of Shu, will the emperor of Shu let her go.

After a long time, she spoke: "What are you going to do with me?" ”

"As long as you listen to me, you won't die!"

"I listen to you, you can do whatever I want!" He Mengxi was expressionless, speaking mechanically like a puppet.

"In order to live, are you able to bear any humiliation?" Ling Zixu deliberately stimulated her.

He Mengxi's eyes moved, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at Ling Zixu: "I only eat one meal a day now, and I still have to drink your poison, what else do you want from me?" ”

Ling Zixu's eyes turned cold: "When I arrived in the capital, it was no better than the barracks, there were many people and many things, and it was difficult to control, so if you want to live, you must fully cooperate with me, otherwise, you will bear the consequences." ”

"Is your emperor going to kill me, those people I killed on the battlefield, their families will not let me go, will I be imprisoned, I don't want to spend the rest of my life in prison, I know your prison, don't treat women as human ......."

At this time, He Mengxi thought of the relevant books he had seen in his previous life, the "Ten Great Tortures of Ancient Times", what kind of cannon branding, car cracking, Ling Chi, waist beheading, peeling skin......, I shuddered when I thought about it.

Now she is in an unfamiliar environment, full of former enemies in front of her, and as a prisoner, she knows how sad it will be when she thinks about it.

Ling Zixu snorted coldly, and said in his heart, how afraid of death this person is, and he is still a "jade-faced and beautiful general" like this, which is really insulting to the word "general".

"It's good to know!" Ling Zixu looked at her angrily.

He Mengxi said faintly: "I only now understand why people bend their waists for five buckets of rice, and I understand even more, why some women can't get by, so they have to sell themselves, this day of lack of food and clothing, it really tests people's patience, I'm afraid I can't hold on, you can lock me, you can also look at me with disdain, in order to live, I have no lower limit, but why do you only let me eat one meal, it's better to starve to death, hang me like this, what's it?" ”

Although He Mengxi's tone was sluggish, it implied indescribable anger.