Chapter Twenty-Three: Singing in the Middle of the Night

On the same day, the five were imprisoned in the county jail. They didn't go to prison yesterday, not because they were lucky, but because there were too many people, and a small county jail cell could not fit dozens of people. Now, the remaining five people are stuffed into a cell together, and as for whether it is a little crowded, it is not something for the old men to consider.

Another day passed, five messengers, one carrying a water and fire stick, carrying a simple knife on his waist, carrying a pile of bamboo slips, silk cloth written documents, escorted more than ten people, these more than ten people, including the people selected a few days ago, set off when the sky was just dawning. No one cries anymore, either they figure it out, or they are convinced, anyway, they are all quiet, very cooperative and tame.

A few stunned young people were still shouting, they were misrecognized, it was good, they could enjoy the treatment of the prince, and they were buried in a beautiful way.

Liu Ju is also quiet, on the surface, there is not the slightest uneasiness and impatience, the experience of the past few days is really ups and downs, and the wind and water are full of ups and downs. Beyond his comprehensive approach to more than 30 years as a prince, his character and toughness have been tempered and matured. Looking back now, as a prince and prince, and a transcendent identity above 10,000 people under one person, he was tortured by a small Jiang Chong and wanted to die, and he was really ashamed of himself.

Xiao San is right, even a little house slave can't control it, how to control the thousands of miles of the Han Dynasty. I'm almost not confused, and my knowledge is not as good as a little drooping boy, I really lived in vain.

Thinking of his son, Liu Ju couldn't help but take a closer look at the two sons around him, Bao'er's mood was much better, but she kept silent, but this is fine, and there is no need to stuff grass roots and branches into his mouth anymore. Xiao San didn't say a word, but he looked like an adult, along the way, he never heard him say that he was tired, and his spirit was very good, he didn't look tired, is he really different? What is the mission of the Chosen One, and will he really be a god in our eyes?

Yesterday's incident really surprised him, he saw with his own eyes that Xiao San just waved a slap so casually, and actually beat that person with a mouth full of teeth, knocking out a few teeth at once, with his fist, Liu Ju is confident that he can knock out a few, with a slap, Liu Ju stretched out his hand and looked at his own slap, not to mention him, even the Ouchi guards can't do it.

When I return to Chang'an, can I be recognized? The two children have been growing up in the palace, and outsiders, or even foreign ministers, have not seen much, and it is unlikely that they will be recognized. Xiao San said that his aunt didn't say that he had a weapon to save his life, and his aunt shouldn't lie. Bao'er, poor Bao'er, may God have mercy on him, let him live in peace, just eat and drink stupidly, and live without troubles, it's good.

Enter! Jin'er, Jin'er, are you okay? Liu Ju suddenly had angina, fell to the ground with a pop, his face was extremely hideous and ugly, his breathing was short, and his hands were tightly grasping the clothes on his chest.

"Oh no, someone is going crazy!" There was a confusion in the crowd.

Two people ran over, and one of them, who had experience in this area, immediately broke a branch from a tree on the side of the road, forcibly pried open the patient's mouth, stuffed the branch inside, and dragged the patient to a shady place under the tree. The other shouted for everyone to rest in place. After a cup of tea, the patient finally stopped convulsions, but sweat soaked his whole body.

Xiao San knelt beside his father, tears streaming down his eyes, he was really frightened, he had never seen his father in such a situation.

"Father, father! What happened to you! Xiao San knelt beside Liu Ju, holding Liu Ju's head with both hands, and called out loudly.

Seeing that the patient's condition was gradually stabilizing and the person was no longer twitching, he took out the wooden stick that had pried open his teeth and said to everyone, "Okay, okay, it'll be fine after a while, let's disperse."

Xiao San also knelt beside his father, stroked his father's head with his hand, and kept calling "Father, Father". After a while, Liu Ju finally opened his eyes and moved his eyeballs left and right in a daze, and finally landed on his son's body, raised his hand, patted his son, and comforted:

"It's okay, it's okay for my father."

Because of this emergency, the tolerance no longer dared to urge them to hurry up, before leaving, the county commander specially looked for them, thousands of instructions: "As long as they are sent safely, it is a great achievement, on the road, do not urge, do not scold, do not abuse." ”

Therefore, stop when you see the wind all the way, rest when you pass the post station, and have enough food every day. What was supposed to be a five-day journey took seven days. These seven days of life are just one word "cool"!

"What are you laughing at?" While resting under a tree, the scholar saw Xiao San looking at him and smiling, and asked curiously.

The scholar is no longer as graceful and graceful as before, he is almost the same as the junior, unkempt, and his clothes are not bright, he is better than a beggar, and he is not much stronger. The post house can take a bath, but there is a premise for bathing, you have to give money. The public funds are only for food and housing, and they have to be responsible for high consumption.

Scholar, hehe, he must have no money.

"Are you the crown prince?" Liu Chang held his head in both hands, opened his big curious eyes, and asked.

The scholar just Yaoyao didn't answer, although there was no contempt in his eyes, he obviously didn't have the desire to talk, turned his face and looked into the distance.

In the distance, the mountains are stacked on top of each other, and you can faintly see one red after another, which is the autumn maple leaf red. A few white clouds floated leisurely in the air, a gust of wind blew, the big trees beside him rustled, and a few leaves fell with the wind and landed at Liu Chang's feet. Liu Chang didn't mind the scholar's snubbing, reached out and picked up the leaves, held them in his hands and watched them repeatedly.

"Hey, that's a strange person." Liu Chang kept playing with the leaves in front of his eyes, suddenly took the leaves away from his eyes, and looked into the distance in a daze, revealing a strange expression.

When everyone heard Liu Chang's words, they couldn't help but follow Liu Chang's gaze, this is the road they have walked, the road is spacious and straight, under the sun, there are two black spots, it should be people, two people, walking towards them.

"It's two people, right? What's so strange? "There are also people with good eyesight, and when they see the two human figures, they are a little disapproving.

"He's wearing weird clothes, and he's barefoot." Liu Chang replied why he said it was strange.

"Can you see him barefoot?" The person next to you, I don't believe it, you said you can see the two of you, we have no opinion, the child's eyes are good, it's not strange. You just mean you can see what they're wearing, and we barely believe it. When you say that you can see them barefoot, you are talking nonsense, and on this road, there are basically travelers from afar. Barefoot? You say bare-hearted, I may believe it

"Can't you see?" Liu Chang glanced back, and there were a few boring people around him, they were either looking at each other, or holding a pergola with their hands, and they were all looking hard.

"Don't talk nonsense, child, if you can see his bare feet, I'll give you my share tonight" Finally, someone couldn't bear it anymore and spoke.

"Okay, that's a deal." Liu Chang replied without hesitation.

"What if you lose?" The person who put his hand on the pergola put down his hand, looked at Liu Chang with a smile, and said a little ridiculously. Honestly, when someone travels long distances barefoot, he would rather believe that the sow goes up the tree.

"I lost, of course my share is yours." Liu Chang replied very simply. The public-funded dinner is distributed according to the person, not according to the size, his share is no different from his own, it is the same size, Liu Chang feels very fair.

"Good!" One big and one small slapped together.

"Can you really see?" The scholar also put down the shelf and said a word on the side. He can't see it, because, he has been reading all year round, his eyes are a little short-sighted, but when he sees the expressions that almost everyone doesn't believe, he also feels that Liu Chang is talking a little big, the key is that he is bored all the way and wants to find something to have fun.

"Or, you can also gamble" Liu Chang glanced at him and said with a grin. Although this scholar is a little arrogant, Liu Chang is not disgusted, after all, he also gave himself a bowl of rice.

"I want to bet, but what are you betting, your dinner is gone. Hahaha! The scholar laughed a little.

"I, I'm betting on my brother's share!" Liu Chang rolled his eyes, pointed to the second brother sitting next to his father, and said.

"Okay, but have you done the Lord?"

"I'm in charge, with my dinner." This is the voice of Liu Ju.

"Kid, if you can see that person barefoot, I'll take a shower tonight, and if you lose, hehe, give me a bath tonight!" What do you think? A servant also came to join in the fun, just now, he also paid attention to it, he was confident that his eyesight was fine, but he still couldn't see whether the man was wearing shoes or not.

"Okay, hahaha, the bet is made!!"

Next, there was a strange scene, everyone stopped talking, and their eyes were fixed in one direction, even those who did not join the bet seemed to relax and look closely at the end of the road.

The figure slowly grew larger, and slowly, I saw the clothes clearly, the clothes were a little strange, not like clothes, but like a long piece of cloth around the waist, and then carried on one shoulder, yellow.

Later, I saw the hair clearly, sparse, not long, or curved, so wanton draped over the shoulders, without a crown or a scarf, giving people a very messy feeling,

Slowly, everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes------ those two people were really barefoot!!

After about half an hour, everyone finally saw the appearance of the comer!!

Of the two, one is tall with a narrow and long head, deep-set eye sockets, a high, narrow nose, and sparse hair; The other has a dark complexion, thin, curly hair, a short stature, a flat nose, and broad lips.

(From the beginning of the begging law to practice the gods, the lower from the laity begging for food to earn money, hence the name beggar.) )

"Gone, gone, if you don't leave, you won't be able to catch up with the station." The official who bet on it, when he saw the two pairs of big feet, his face was a little unsightly, he hurriedly stood up, and then urged everyone to go on the road.

"Let's go," everyone looked at each other, and stood up with a grin, slapping the dirt that existed or didn't exist on their bodies, looking at the barefoot monster with strange eyes, and following the leading official onto the main road.

"It's a debt." Liu Chang pursed his lips and smiled, but did not squeak, followed his father's side, and blended into the crowd.

"This is my share," At dinner, the scholar took his share of the meal and came to the place where Liu Ju's father and son were dining, put the food next to Liu Chang, turned around and left.

"Wait" Liu Chang stood up, picked up the meal, and handed it to the scholar: "No need, your share has already been given." ”

"When was it given?" The scholar didn't react for a while, and asked strangely.

"You forgot, I didn't." Liu Chang just replied lightly, ignored the scholar who was a little stunned, returned to his father's side, and continued to eat.

Around midnight, Liu Chang was awakened by a burst of chanting, sat up, and looked around. In the straw shed, under the dim oil lamp, more than a dozen people lay on the straw mats, snoring, grinding their teeth, and farting, and the two servants leaned on both sides of the door frame, napping.

Liu Chang sat up suddenly, but woke up the two officials.

"What's the matter, I'm going to pee." A servant, after looking at Liu Chang, didn't care too much, he got up at night to pee, every day.

"Listen, is someone singing?" Although the snoring in the room came and went, the whispered chant was still clear to the ears.

"Singing, who, who singing? Don't scare people, it's three watches in the middle of the night. The official listened attentively, and in addition to grinding his teeth and snoring, there was no singing: "Dream, hurry up and go to sleep, there is still an hour." ”

"Someone is really singing, listen carefully!" Liu Chang listened carefully again and said affirmatively.

"Oh my god, it can't be a ghost, right?" Seeing Liu Chang's appearance, the two servants couldn't help but stand on end, and a chill rushed to their heads, holding the Pu knife in their hands tightly in their arms, their eyes fluttering, and looking around. They believe that the old people say that children have clean eyes and can see dirty things, and maybe their ears are clean and they can hear dirty sounds.

"Go, go and call them." One of the officials stabbed his companion with his elbow, and his voice trembled.

"I'm afraid to go out. There are so many people here, I don't dare to come in. The stabbed man shrank his head into his shoulders and shook his head like a rattle.

"Little San, you, why are you going?" Seeing Liu Chang standing up and about to go out, a servant looked at him in surprise and asked.

"I'll take a look."

"You're not afraid of ghosts?"

"It shouldn't be a ghost, it's a ghost, what's so happy, and singing."

"Then you go by yourself, we won't go."

"I'm going to pee by the way."

"San'er, I'll accompany you." At this time, Liu Ju was also awakened by their words and sat up.

"No, you can't go." The official said.

"I'm going to pee too." Liu Ju said.

"You just sprinkle in the house, there's a pee bucket." The official pointed to the bucket placed in the corner of the wall.

"Father, it's okay. Don't worry, I'll go check it out and I'll be back in a while. After Liu Chang finished speaking, he walked past the servant, removed the top door bar, opened the door and walked out.

"Don't go, you'll go again when it's dawn. Why are you so disobedient. Hey, come back quickly. "Liu Ju is in a hurry in the door.

Although these people live in a post station, they can sleep not in a post station, but in the firewood shed of the post station.

The firewood shed was close to the gate of the post station, Liu Chang walked out of the firewood shed, and the voice became clearer, coming from outside the gate.

The gate of the inn is not closed, and lanterns are hung on both sides of the doorway, which emit a clear light. That's to make it easier for messengers to get in and out.

Although there was a gatekeeper at the door, it was obvious that the doorkeeper was asleep and there was no movement.

About a hundred paces from the gate, there was a tree with a wide canopy, and there was a fire flickering under the tree, and two figures sat there, and the sound was obviously coming from there, not loud, as if muttering to themselves. Because it was night, it was still very quiet around, and Liu Chang could hear it extra clearly.

Liu Chang looked left and right, then quietly walked not far from them, squatted down, looked at the two quietly, and did not speak.

Although the flickering candlelight reflected the faces of the two people a little weirdly, he knew these two people, the two people he bet on today.

"Ahh The slightly shorter one suddenly felt that there was suddenly something not far away, and when he turned his head, he saw a strange face illuminated by candlelight, just like Liu Chang, and screamed in fright.

The other person, without even moving, did not react in the slightest, and still bowed his head and sang.

was taken aback, and saw that his companion was still the same, so he also cleaned up his mood, straightened his butt pad, and then, sitting cross-legged, he also sang along, as if the person who panicked just now was not him.