In his ears, not only the sound of the wind and the hooves of horses, but also the sound of speeding alone on this official road, the slave seemed to feel that even the rustle of the surrounding woods was clear and distinct. He didn't light a torch, but only by the faint moonlight to discern the road in front of him.

Hagi Niang and Cai Tang have Liu Muzhi's care, it should be fine, thinking of Hagi Niang's eyes, his heart is gloomy, but he is a little glad that he left Shanyin, otherwise, Hagi Niang will inevitably ask herself to take her back to Jiankang to see Xie Yan, whether she agrees or not?

He clenched his fists slightly, suppressing the restless blood all over his body.

According to Liu Muzhi, Huiji City has been blocked at all, and it is difficult to enter and exit, so the news in the city cannot be transmitted, and the imperial court does not know that Wu Di has changed.

If he is in a high position and has an army in his hands that can be transferred, he will definitely personally go out and come to Wu to "quell the chaos", thinking that he will be a meritorious person.

And now that he has nothing to offer, only a black horse from someone else's house, it is a little ridiculous to want to get out of this chaos.

He smiled bitterly and patted Linghui's head, gently stroked the warm soft long mane of its tentacles, and sighed: "There have always been too many heroes who are out of time, but I don't know that your spirit horse will have a famous day?" ”

Linghui shook his head impatiently, shook off his hand, it walked for a long time, as if it didn't need to rest, and its feet didn't slow down at all, but it just spewed some hot air from its nose.

Legend has it that the Persian grass horse in the Western Regions can travel thousands of miles a day, and Linghui is not worse than the horse, the day before yesterday, the slave took the three girls to walk the night, almost an hour did not arrive, the slave saw the wall of Huiji City from a distance, it was not far from himself.

However, before he could get closer, he saw the common people in cloth roosting on the side of the road on the outskirts of the city, some lying down and resting, some sitting and talking. ”

A few people who were close to him saw him riding a tall horse, and had already scattered and avoided it, but an old man sat calmly in place and replied leisurely: "Thank you, we are all woodcutters in the mountains, and we originally wanted to sell firewood and go back to the mountains, but now we have waited for two days and have not been able to enter the city. ”

It turned out that everyone thought that the slaves were officers and soldiers, and then they were frightened.

Jinu himself also understood, couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, and hurriedly explained: "You misunderstood, I was just passing through here, and I want to ask you, why is this Jicheng not allowed people to enter?" ”

Before the old man could reply, a grumpy woodcutter on one side was already angry, and said angrily: "Go and see for yourself, and you will know." ”

The slave looked at the old man suspiciously, but saw that he also had a look of uncertainty on his face, but he only replied calmly: "It's just a battle between nobles, a group of people besieged the city, a group of people defended the city, and they didn't dare to fight for a while, but they only delayed the livelihood of the people." ”

He paused, and then said: "The old man had encountered such a situation in Wu County before, but that was many years ago, Xiao Langjun, I advise you, if it is not necessary, it is better not to enter the city, take a detour." ”

Linghui hissed, as if she was very approving.

Seeing that everyone's faces were full of dissatisfaction, this narrow roadside was already full of firewood, and the profession of woodcutter was only capable of strong men, even these men in the prime of life were not willing to carry the full firewood back to the mountain, so they would stubbornly wait outside the city to enter the city to sell firewood.

His heart moved, and he asked the old man, "May I ask you, do you know who commands the armies inside and outside the city?" ”

The old man's gloomy eyes showed a slight glimmer of light, and his face showed an imperceptible self-contained look, and he calmly replied: "The city is naturally led by Shi Xie Lang of Huiji, and the besieging team is ......."

His voice became lower and lower, and the slave couldn't help but lean over to listen, only to hear him say angrily: "Although the old man doesn't know who led the army, but the accent of those sergeants, the old man knows it, and he is really a sergeant in the land of Jingchu, and there will be no mistake." ”

He concealed the cunning in his eyes, and said as if talking to himself: "The old man is lonely and unheard, but I don't know who is the main one in Jingzhou today?" ”

This answer was already coming out, and the slave was no longer confused, and immediately nodded: "I understand." ”

He stood up and turned as if he were about to leave.

The old man stretched out a hand in surprise, but the words were stuck in his throat, and he was silent.

At the moment when he put down his hand, the slave seemed to have made up his mind, turned around again, and said to him seriously: "I have bought all your firewood, but can you ask these woodcutters to do something for me?" ”

The old man suddenly smiled, and the woodcutters around him cheered.

Some people have not been back to the mountain for two days, and they are like arrows, and they are overjoyed to hear that such a good man is willing to buy firewood.

Jinu smiled: "Actually, it's not a big deal, but it's just that there are so many firewoods, and it's not easy for me to move it alone, so it's better to ask you to help me move to a place close to the city gate, so as not to trouble me." ”

He said it softly and skillfully, but everyone showed hesitation on their faces, and some people already spoke weakly: "There is a large army besieging the city outside the city gate, and if anyone approaches, they will shout and leave, and will not let it pass." ”

Jinu continued to smile lightly and said: "That's just a patrol person to avoid trouble, so many of us went over together, he could stop one, but he couldn't stop everyone, not to mention that it's night now, maybe no one patrols it's not necessarily." ”

Seeing that everyone was still a little hesitant on their faces, he hurriedly took out the money bag in his arms, shook it and said, "I will pay three times the price to buy your firewood, as long as you move the firewood to the place I designate, you can come to me to receive a penny, how about it?" ”

At this time, the price of goods is simply unimaginable in later generations, most of the daily circulation is barter, that is, copper coins are rarely used, let alone white silver, it is an era when three silk silks can be exchanged for a beautiful woman, and a bundle of firewood can only be exchanged for half a bag of coarse noodles.

There will be brave men under the heavy reward, although no one spoke, but everyone's eyes showed a light of eagerness.

The old man also got up and said solemnly: "This little man is right, the so-called law does not blame the public, if we go over together, it is impossible to arrest us all, let's do what he wants." ”

He seemed to have quite a reputation among the people, and some woodcutters, who had not made up their minds at first, replied one after another: "Yes." ”