Bearded and his entourage walked all the way west along Phoenix Avenue, saw the excellent Jixiang Hotel, crossed the rich bookish atmosphere of Jishi University, enjoyed the majestic Grand Theater, and witnessed the unique luxury villas along the river.

The people here don't care that their group is on the bustling streets in this way, and not many people pay attention to them, except for a few children who are slightly curious.

Although they are detainees, they have not been ill-treated. The bearded man guessed a little bit or two, and at this time he was a little glad that the previous water battle was unbearable, otherwise how could it be so intact.

When walking along Phoenix Avenue to Xianglin Avenue, turn to the north, turn northwest to Xingfu Avenue, and go straight to Xiangmen, Jixiang No. 1 Prison is built on the site of the second district in the northeast of Xiangmen, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Security.

The captain of the escorted Lake Embankment Guard Squadron handed over the hand over to the prison warden, and after verifying that he was signing and drawing, the bearded man and his party were detained in the No. 1 Prison.

"Head, this doesn't look like our mascot, look at the tiger, this dress is no different from a beggar, where did you get it, or send it to the mine, it's already Cui over there." A document probed his head from behind.

"I heard that it was a lake bandit, and it is estimated that the young master will personally inquire about it. The warden said.

"If it's a lake bandit, it's really possible, and somehow it provoked the navy, it's all fate. The clerk sighed.

Government Council.

The six sons and the two of them came to see Wang Xuan, and they had already told them all the ins and outs of the matter.

Wang Xuan still held the handwritten letter of the second prince handed over by the cricket, which roughly means that the world is in turmoil, causing the people who have just recovered from ten years ago to suffer again, causing the family to be ruined and the wife to be separated. Now that the northern border is unstable, the Hu Yue people are ambitious and waiting for the opportunity to invade. All this is a man-made disaster, and the solution once and for all is his life, and if he does not die, the world will be unstable for a day.

Now the second prince is still concerned about his family, and hopes that Wang Xuan can treat them well, and he can make decisions on all matters.

"Have all the people and supplies in the office been evacuated?"

"Yes, for fear of reprisals, they have all been evacuated, but the dark line is still there. "Liuzi Dao.

Wang Xuan nodded, and then said, "The royal capital has really fallen to this point?"

"Yes, some of the weaker businesses have closed their doors, the soldiers are rampant everywhere, and the profits are declining. ”

"Well, you go back and rest for a while, and then arrange a new mission in November. ”

"Yes, retirement. ”

Soon after the two left, Da Gaoqiang came to ask for a meeting.

"Does Xishan really intend to let us build a port in his territory?" Wang Xuan asked.

"It does have this intention, and the whole territory is very moved, and the military and political circles are the same voice. Commander Da said.

"According to your analysis, what is the purpose?"

"It should be in this way that we are not aligned with auspiciousness and are completely tied to us to cope with the impact of great changes. ”

"How's their armament?"

"Not as good as us, but the armor is complete and the weapons are relatively good. ”

At this point, Wang Xuan stopped, got up and paced back and forth in the room.

Obviously, the Sun clan wanted to borrow auspicious hands to protect the territory, and if it was seen as a transaction, then the price offered by the other party was a naval port.

In other words, Wang Xuan really doesn't look down on this port, the geographical location is too poor, and it can't play the role of connecting the past and the future at all, but it's quite happy to take this as a little brother.

"How is the life of the people there?" Wang Xuan asked.

"Just like the auspicious leader two years ago, the Sun family is still diligent and loves the people, there are not many things to bully and exploit, and the people also love him a lot. ”

"For the time being, you can go back and sort out this drill, and then make a decision when I see the group of lake bandits. ”

"Yes, retirement. ”

With that, Da Gaoqiang retreated, returned to the Admiralty, and had to return to Zhao Qiang.

Wang Xuan didn't have the heart to stay in the government affairs at this time, so he took Yang Tao and a few guards and went straight to the first prison in the northwest of the city.

The bearded man is making confessions with his brothers, "First of all, even if he is killed, he can't reveal his identity and the village, and secondly, he pretends to be stupid and sells miserably, trying to escape this ......catastrophe."

The inspiration for what he was saying burst out, and when he was energetic, a coughing sound suddenly came from his ears, and the beard said unhappily: "Don't interrupt, it's a critical time." Then it went on and on.

A moment later, another cough came, and then the beard was annoyed, and his words were not good, "I said you were ......"

The beard turned his head to scold loudly, but saw that a beautiful young man was already standing behind him with the prison warden and several guards he had seen before, and the two sides were only separated by an iron fence, and he was suddenly frightened, "You, you, how did you get in?"

Wang Xuanle was happy, I hadn't seen such a fresh person for a long time, and the tunnel: "I walked in." ”

The bearded man looked bitter, his heart was broken, and everything that should be said and what should not be said was poured out, and all thoughts were disillusioned for a while.

At this time, a jailer moved Zhang Taishi's chair, Wang Xuan sat down and kept staring at the beard, and when he was tired of sitting, he changed his posture, occasionally got up and walked a few steps, and looked at the beard in his heart, and the chrysanthemum suddenly tightened.

"I won't say it, I won't compromise, if you want to kill or give it a good time, grandpa, I'm a good man after eighteen years. The bearded man bowed his head and uttered what he thought was brave.

"Fourteen years ago, in the battle of Xingyaohe, which decided the fortunes of the country, the Song clan was defeated, and retreated south with the whole clan and nearly 10,000 remnants, and has not been seen since. When my grandfather was still a general, he was ordered to cross Xingyao Lake and go south to search for deserters. At the cost of nearly a thousand casualties, one thing has been clarified, that is, the Song family is not in good fortune, where do you say they will go?"

At this time, the bearded man and a group of prisoners are already two wars, and they are really afraid of something, and sometimes they must have it in their lives.

"The older ones are only thirty-five or sixteen, and the younger ones are seven or eight out of ten, and people from two eras came out to rob at the same time, why, there are too many births and not enough food?" Wang Xuan's tone was like chatting with an old friend, and most of the ingredients were ridiculed.

The bearded man listened to it with all his heart, why is this kid so godly, he guesses accurately, if it weren't for ruling out the possibility of someone collaborating with the enemy, he would have been restless.

The Song clan who fled to Xingyao Lake at the beginning, together with nearly 10,000 remnants, found a treasure land in the west of the lake, where the western mountain became extremely low and the mountain was relatively gentle. After passing through nearly 1,000 feet of primeval jungle, you can see the endless sea, and there is a habitable place by the sea, where nearly 20,000 people have settled.

Most of the strong wounded soldiers survived, and some of the infirm died one after another and were buried at the foot of the West Mountain. Due to the improper placement of the wounded, the plague was triggered, and only 3,000 of the more than 20,000 people survived.

Food became scarce day by day, so everyone picked wild fruits and vegetables for food, and by the way, they set up some rafts and went to the sea to fish, and barely survived.

Later, he cultivated some land and planted some grains nearby, and life gradually improved.

In recent years, the birth rate of children has been extremely high, and in addition to the premature death, it has increased by nearly 3,000. Half of the eldest child eats the poor old man, and the days begin to tighten again.

As soon as everyone summed up, they decided to take a risk and go to Xingyao Lake on the east side of Xishan to beg for a living, in order not to expose their whereabouts, they only left after capturing people and sinking boats every time. The captives had no choice but to live with them, and as time went by, the idea of escaping faded, and besides, they could not leave the primeval forest without being led.

In the past two years, everyone has been smooth sailing, although there are occasional waves, but in the end they can turn evil into good fortune, but this time they can't even escape.

"Don't put on a sad face, I don't look comfortable, do you know what this is?" asked Wang Xuan.

"No, I don't know. The bearded man replied stubbornly.

"Dishonest, this is the auspicious collar, you must have considered this place at the beginning, maybe it was too conspicuous, so you went west, yes or no?"

The bearded man had no desire to answer, and he felt that his relatively reliable IQ was no longer enough in front of this young man.

"Come to auspiciousness. Wang Xuan tempted, "Children can go to the academy to study, you can also go to work to earn money to support your family, the life of isolation is not easy, there is a headache and brain fever has to resist, life is not hard can only die of pain, how sad it is for white-haired people to send black-haired people." ”

Wang Xuan's words did not move the other party, in the eyes of the bearded man, the persuasion of the two hostile sides is this routine, whoever believes will lose, so he said a little angrily: "When I am a three-year-old child, you can say such a childish excuse to persuade you to surrender?"

Wang Xuan was not annoyed, and still said in a flat tone: "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I am the master of this territory, when I first moved here, the old king sent your captives and family members here, presumably there are some people you still know, do you want to meet and say hello first?"

This is true, the bearded man was obviously a little moved, and the robbers had also said a similar thing, and some of the captives were exempted from the punishment of slaves and sent to the south to open up the wasteland.

"When a dying man is afraid, he will call him. The bearded man's tone was a little relaxed.

"Don't worry, people have already gone to invite, let's talk about the situation over there first, I can make arrangements as soon as possible. ”

Where is the bearded man willing to say, he turned his head directly and didn't look at Wang Xuan. Wang Xuan didn't ask any more questions, and sat quietly waiting for someone to come.

About a meal, nearly a dozen men in their thirties and forties had arrived in the cell, and after seeing the salute, they looked at them.

At this time, the bearded man was also carefully looking at everyone, if there was someone he really knew might be able to help him and others get out of trouble, at least this life was saved.

Wang Xuan is still sitting and waiting for the development of the plot, and he believes that the next story will be very exciting.

A forty-year-old man said to Wang Xuan: "Lord, this beard is a little familiar, but he didn't have a beard at the beginning, but now I'm not sure." ”

"It's easy, just shave. Wang Xuanle said.

Immediately, heart-rending shouts and curses came from the cell, which immediately turned into begs for mercy.

The bearded man was frightened, and several strong men rushed in with blades, and pressed him to the cold concrete floor without saying anything, and then remembered the way Wang Xuan looked at him before, at this time he was shocked and frightened, ashamed and angry, and couldn't help but scream while struggling.

"What are you yelling about, just shaving. One of the strong men couldn't get off the knife after a long time, and said angrily.

"Uh~"

Just when the beard was stunned, the beard on the side of his cheeks had been cut off, and then he came to his senses, and the face of this life was lost today.

After his beard was shaved, the forty-year-old man shouted, "It's him, Song Yi, it's really him." ”

That beard, it should be Song Yi but he was shocked, not only did he calculate his origin, but now he has even recognized his identity, how can he be confused?

"Don't you know me, I'm the battalion guard of the first battalion under the Third Army Corps, my name is Chai Junchu, we compared it when the battalion selected the guard fifteen years ago!" said the man named Chai Junchu with an excited face.

Seeing that the other party's expression did not seem to be fake, Song Yi also thought about it carefully, glanced at Chai Junchu from time to time, and suddenly realized after a moment that the other party was really an old man.