In the inner ya, which has not smelled of meat for many days, there are bursts of fragrance, which causes everyone to gurgle continuously. Everyone cursed a few words in their hearts, then covered their stomachs and swallowed saliva and continued to work.

The fragrance wafted out from the courtyard where King An was, and just now from the small kitchen of Lord Zhizhou, Xiao Ran led someone to bring out a large cauldron, and sprinkled the fragrance all the way to King An.

Everyone in the yamen sighed, it is good to be powerful, and it is time for them to eat meat first.

It didn't take long to hear a frightened cry from King An's side, as if he was eating poison instead of broth.

Everyone didn't know what was going on, but some people guessed that Lord Zhizhou might really not be able to take out the meat, maybe he gave Lord An rat meat.

Now rats are also a rare delicacy, and because there is no food in stock, rats don't like to appear, and it is lucky to catch one.

But for the royal family, it is really possible to be frightened like this by eating mice, and they are really envious of their rich ignorance.

"My lord, Lord An drank three bowls in a row, and only in the fourth bowl did he distribute the remaining soup and meat in the pot to everyone. It wasn't until the time when it was eaten up that someone found the finger of the rich father-in-law, and his subordinates informed the rich father-in-law of his dedication to the Lord An. Xiao Ran stood in the middle of the breeze and told Chu Xia about the broth.

Chu Xia smiled: "If I were in the back office, I would have heard his screams, and they all vomited out?" ”

Xiao Ran replied coldly: "My lord, no one spit out, just retched a few times, and then covered their mouths." ”

"Hahahaha! In this life, they will save such a time. Chu Xia didn't expect them to be able to endure the nausea and not vomit out the meat they had eaten, and they weren't hungry for a few days, why was it like this?

He said with joy on his face: "The life of the rich father-in-law should be saved, go and return the person to King An, this is a loyal person." ”

Doing such a thing, Chu Xia didn't feel the slightest discomfort, and as for the reputation, he would send someone to deal with it.

In order to spread his good reputation in Hongzhou, and by the way, slander Zhuang Rou, he has raised a large number of people, all of whom are scattered among the people, as long as he wants to spread it, it will inevitably spread among the people.

Xiao Ran was about to retire, but Chu Xia said again: "You go out and tell those people that you can act, make a lot of trouble, and you must do it within seven days." If it drags on any longer, I'm afraid they'll all be hungry and lose their strength. ”

"Yes." Xiao Ran retreated, and he had to go to Doctor Zhao to send the rich father-in-law back first.

Chu Xia looked left and right, took out a piece of dried meat from his arms, hid it in his hand and chewed it carefully. Now that there is less food and more people, he quietly let his guards eat the entire yamen, and the others are all drunk and supported.

The guards saw that he was stealing small jerky, where could they still eat, and if they didn't eat, who would be in danger to protect themselves.

At this time, anything can be moved, but the hearts of the people who protect him can't be moved, so he doesn't need to use this kind of bitter trick to move them.

Chewing on the little jerky, Chu Xia couldn't help but think of Zhuang Rou, and didn't know what she was eating outside.

However, for her at a young age, she can grab food among the homeless people who are stronger than herself, and her hands are stained with countless blood, finding food outside should not be a problem for her at all.

Zhuang Rou really didn't have to worry about what he ate, when she was roasting dry food outside Hongzhou City, she also told Yinba about the news she heard from the rebels.

It didn't come out of nowhere, and King An's loyal eunuch, seeing that King An couldn't bear to share food with the people and had fasted for three days, cut off his arm and boiled it into meat soup from King An, and offered it to King An to eat.

And when King An drank this soup when he was weak, he asked where the meat came from and whether he robbed the people's homes, and the rich father-in-law around him had to tell the details. When King An heard this, he immediately wept bitterly, and even vomited a piece of gold from his mouth.

The gold is shaped like an arm, small and delicate, and lifelike, which can be described as wonderful.

It must have been the love of the people and the loyalty of King An and the rich father-in-law that moved the heavens, and only then did this golden arm strengthen my Dahao.

Even eunuchs can be so loyal, these small rebels can't become a climate at all, and when the imperial army presses over, it is their time of death.

Zhuang Rou didn't know where this word came from, and she still didn't know who the rich father-in-law was!

Eighty percent was found secretly eating behind King An's back, and he directly cut off his hand, and I don't know which fool spread this rumor, and such a thing can be said.

But this is very similar to the handwriting of the little county king, he doesn't like to do this kind of thing to put gold on his face, although this time it is not his face, but now it is also a good thing to paste it in the court.

In this way, if the city still has the heart to do such a thing, it means that it is not hungry enough. Zhuang Rou thought that since she couldn't enter the city, it was better to help more outside.

She smiled at Yinba: "Yinba, let's go find a place with water to wash, you and I are covered in blood, this is too uncomfortable." ”

It was too cold, Zhuang Rou didn't want to go down to the river to take a bath at all, her clothes would freeze if they were wet and sticky to her body, and she might freeze to death.

It's better to find a place like a village and boil some water to wash.

Last time, I laughed at Mo Zuo for not taking a bath, but now the retribution is on my body. It's good that it's winter, otherwise it would have stinked.

But if it weren't winter, you could just find a small river and take a bath. I really can't say whether what happened is a blessing or a curse.

Yinba didn't understand what she meant, but when he saw her pointing to the blood stains on her body, he poked her clothes worriedly, and made a low voice in his mouth.

Zhuang Rou was stunned, then smiled: "Don't worry, I'm as strong as you, this is someone else's blood, I don't have anything to do." ”

"Let's go, the day before yesterday, I used the silver to find an old woman to change the hot water to drink, seeing that she is kind and kind to me, she should be a good person, let's go to her to take a bath."

She got up and walked to the edge of the cliff, patted Yinba, and pointed down, "Yinba, let's go down." ”

Yinba picked up Zhuang Rou and carried it on his shoulders, then quickly climbed down the rock, followed Zhuang Rou's guidance, came to an inconspicuous corner of the village, and found a farmer's house.

There was only one poor old woman in the family, and she was very happy to see Zhuang Rou, and when she heard that she wanted to borrow a place to take a bath, she was happy to lend her the kitchen and the broken bathtub, but there was not much firewood at home, so she had to get it herself.

Zhuang Rou not only gave the old woman enough silver taels for her to support her old age, but also gave her some cold dry food. Now that the war is in chaos, and you can't get anything to eat even if you have money, it's even more precious.

The old woman hurriedly hid the food, and when Yinba went to find firewood, she accompanied her to boil water. When Zhuang Rou went in to take a bath, she went outside, wanting to go to the field to find out if there was anything to eat.

And Yinba actually didn't care about the blood on his body at all, he sat at the door of the kitchen, blocking the door like a mountain, guarding Zhuang Rou well.

Zhuang Rou took a shower happily, looked at the bloodstained clothes, and put them on after thinking for a long time. With all her gear ready, she filled her water bag with hot water, and even if it got cold, it wouldn't be as cold as ice water.

When she opened the door and looked at the black tower-like Yinba, she threw herself on its back and smiled: "Yinba, it's really reassuring to have you." You also wash the hair, and I'll help you boil the water. ”

When Yinba heard that he was going to take a bath, he shook his head like a rattle, and refused to wash it.

Zhuang Rou saw that it was really unhappy, so she didn't force it, and it was indeed not easy to dry this body hair.

So they agreed not to wash and went out together.

Yinba then stood up, let the door open, and followed her out of the courtyard.

Walking outside the courtyard, Zhuang Rou stopped, looked at the rebels outside the courtyard, covered her face with one hand and was very speechless, "Alas, I said old woman, you are about to enter the ground, and it is only a few days of stable life, why do you still have to make so many killings?" ”

She looked up at the rebels who were pointing their knives and spears at her and Silverlord, "I'm going to kill them all." ”