March 208 BC

When the Zhang family's father and son defected to Liu Bang for less than a month, Liu Bang made a decision: to defect to Wuzhong Xiangliang.

The Xiang clan is the largest nobleman in the Chu State, Xiang Liang established himself as Wu Xinjun after raising troops in Wuzhong, and supported Xiong Xin, the grandson of Xiong Huai, the king of Chu Huai, as the king of Chu Huai, in order to be popular with the people. As soon as this move came out, many Chu people responded one after another, so the strength of the Xiang family soon reached nearly 10,000 people, which was far from being comparable to Liu Bang's current power.

The military orders were like a mountain, and the soldiers soon began to pull out the camp, and Ah Rui and I, as women, had nothing to do, so we went to accompany Mrs. Liu to pack up our clothes.

"Miss Xue'er, where is your hometown?" asked Mrs. Liu suddenly.

I thought about it for a while, and said with a wry smile: "How can I say it, if I have to say it, it should be Daliang." But I haven't been back once, and my hometown is set in Xinzheng. ”

"So you're not Korean?" Mrs. Liu was a little surprised, "I saw that Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhang took good care of you, and I thought that even if it wasn't a father and daughter and a brother and sister, it should be a distant relative and family, but I didn't expect you to be from Wei." ”

"My father is from Wei and my mother is Korean. I helped her fold her clothes and put them in the baggage, and said lightly, "So I'm half Korean." ”

"That's ......," she said thoughtfully, "Then your mother has some relationship with Zhang Jiading." ”

"So to speak. I handed her the wrapped bag and asked, "This bag has been packed, is there anything else that Madame needs my help with?"

"It's gone. She smiled at me, suddenly took off the bracelet on her wrist and stuffed it into my hand, seeing my shocked face, she smiled: "I can see that your identity is not ordinary, and it is possible that you will be more noble than me or hostile to me in the future." At that time, I hope you will remember the friendship between the two of us during this time, and regard this bracelet as a human favor. In the same way, if you need my help one day, this bracelet is a promise, and I will do my best to help. ”

I looked at the jade bracelet in my hand that was far inferior to the jewelry in Xianyang Palace, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded.

The team moved forward on the hidden road, trying to avoid direct contact with the Qin soldiers, and after six days in a row, they did not encounter the Qin soldiers or other forces, and the road was calm.

However, the calm is always temporary.

On the morning of the seventh day, while Ari and I were using sand to extinguish the bonfire of the previous night, a soldier suddenly came to report that two teams were fighting about five miles ahead. One of the two teams was the Qin army, and the other was well-equipped and looked well-trained, not like an insurgent army.

"My lord, shall we go and help?" asked one of the soldiers.

"Hmm......" Liu Bang stroked his white beard, as if in contemplation.

Zhang Liang suddenly spoke: "Lord, according to the humble opinion of the minister, it's better not to go." Not to mention that the army of unknown forces does not know whether it is friend or foe, if the Qin soldiers are sent to reinforce the nearest troops, we will suffer heavy losses. ”

The minister also agreed with Mr. Zhang's opinion. Liu Bang's subordinate Xiao He also said: "My lord, the top priority now is to go to Wuzhong to join the Xiang family's uncle and nephew, instead of meddling in matters here." Moreover, according to Chen's judgment, eighty percent of that team used to be a Qin army's troops, but now it has defected, even if we go to help, it is estimated that we will only be regarded as Mr. Dongguo. ”

The two strategists said this, and Liu Bang naturally no longer hesitated, and ordered people to change the route, bypass the place where the two armies were fighting, and continue to march towards Wuzhong.

I felt inexplicably flustered in my heart, always feeling that I had sensed something.

"No...... I pushed Ah Rui away and ran to Zhang Liang, pleading, "Mr. Zhang, I'm going to that battlefield." ”

"Are you crazy?!" Zhang Budo looked at me in disbelief, with a hint of anger in his eyes: "How can you go to that kind of place alone as a weak woman?! Even if it is chaotic, it should be stopped! Many people have already tried their best just to survive, you put yourself in danger so arbitrarily, how can my father and me, who are responsible for protecting you, be embarrassed?!"

I didn't expect Zhang Budo to be so angry, and I never thought that I would inadvertently bring so much trouble to the two of them, and now the words he said in a fit of anger made me, who has always been a good argument, speechless.

As if he felt that what he had just said was a little excessive, Zhang Budo roared in annoyance, and then said weakly: "Xue'er, I didn't mean to kill you, I just hope that you can cherish your life more." ”

My face turned a little pale, I shook my head, smiled hard, and said astringently: "I don't doubt that what my brother said is very true, but I was too impulsive and forgot to take care of the overall situation." Don't worry, I won't mess around again. ”

Zhang Budo breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and wanted to touch my head, but seeing that my expression was gloomy, the hand stretched out in mid-air stiffened, and finally took it back.

The team began to move forward, and Ari and I were at the end, unconsciously distancing ourselves from the team.

"Ari. I suddenly said, "I just accidentally wrapped my own things into Mrs. Liu's baggage, you go and help me see if there is a delicate golden hairpin." ”

Ari was startled, and immediately trotted to the front of the team to find Mrs. Liu.

Looking at her departing back, I muttered, "I'm sorry." ”

I'm sorry, Ari, Brother Budo and Mr. Zhang, I know that you treat me sincerely, hope me well, and hope that I live, but I have to go there to see, I can feel that there is someone there who is missing me, this longing is so strong, how can I not respond to him?

Entering the woods, I followed the route the soldier had just reported, the branches scraping my clothes and my hair falling loosely, but none of this could stop me from moving forward, just as my heartbeat and shivering with excitement could not stop me.

"Xue'er!" suddenly came Zhang Budo's roar behind him, his face was burning with anger, and there were even bruised tendons on his forehead.

He quickly caught up with me, pulled me by the sleeve and pulled me to him, then raised his hand and gave me a crisp slap.

"Do you know what you're doing?!" he clenched his fists, and his gentle and elegant appearance vanished, replaced by an almost mad rage.

"Let go of me......" I felt a sharp pain in my cheeks, and I lowered my head not to look at him, but tried in vain to force my wrist to break free from the hand he was holding me.

"Wake me up!" he pressed me against the trunk of the tree, and the protruding branches poked into my back, causing me to snort in pain.

"Why don't you look at me?" said in his voice with a hint of desperation and pleading, his forehead against the top of my hair, pleading, "Look at me, even if you can see me in your heart......

"I'm sorry......" I said in a vain voice, tears dripping down my vamp: "My fault...... My fault ......"

The forest was very quiet, only my constant "I'm sorry" and Zhang Budo's choked up.

I don't know who I want to say to I'm sorry, maybe it's Zhang Budo, who is fragile and desperate at the moment, or maybe it's the person I want to see so much at the moment, but I can't see it in the end.

Many years later, whenever I recall the situation of that day, I can't help but think: If I hadn't been stopped by Zhang Budo that day, he and I would have been together after all.

"I don't know, just let it be. Maybe whoever comes first will be whoever you meet. ”

However, I passed by, turned around for a lifetime, and God said, that is not my fate after all.