The dimly lit cell was filled with the smell of decay and stench, and it was eerie and cold when you entered it.

Xiao Qiao walked down the stone stairs, goosebumps instantly appeared all over her body, she clasped her hands together, and unconsciously increased her strength, if it wasn't for the jailers and armor guards in front and behind, she was afraid that she would immediately turn around and escape.

The jailer led Joe to a cell door, opened the lock with a brass key, and opened the door as the chain that held it open.

"Miss, please!"

Ling Cao in the cell heard the voice and wanted to take a look outside the prison door, only to see that it was Xiao Qiao who walked in, and stepped forward in surprise and said, "Miss Xiao Qiao, why are you here?" How did they let you come? ”

Xiao Qiao looked at Ling Cao and saw that he was covered in blood, and his forehead, arms, and abdomen were still wrapped in gauze, obviously he was not lightly injured, and hurriedly asked, "General Ling, ······ your injuries?"

Ling Cao hurriedly said: "Miss, don't worry, my body is full of skin injuries, it's okay!" ”

Xiao Qiao bent his knees slightly and said a thousand blessings, "It's all my fault for letting the general suffer!" ”

Ling Cao didn't dare to accept it, and hurriedly stepped sideways, "Miss must not be like this, above the battle array, it is inevitable to be injured, what does Miss have to do?" Miss rest assured, Jiang Dongjun will definitely rescue Miss! ”

Xiao Qiao was noncommittal, hesitated for a moment and asked: "General Ling, is there a military order issued in the army, Yan Wu is dead, and the soldiers of the whole army don't have to scruple when they see the bandit Qin Feng, and they will all be killed?" ”

The expression on Ling Cao's face changed several times in a row, he hesitated, and finally nodded, "Yes!" ”

One of the purposes for her to see Ling Cao was to confirm the truth of this matter, even if she didn't quite believe that Qin Feng would use this matter to deceive her, she always had a little thought in her heart, hoping that it was not true, but at this moment, the only thought in her heart was extinguished.

There was no blood on her pale face, and her mind was full of fear, and the longing and belief in her heart completely collapsed at this moment.

"Miss Xiao Qiao, you ······ You okay? Ling Cao asked worriedly.

There were no tears in Xiao Qiao's eyes, and she had secretly cried countless times in the past few days.

Tears have long since dried!

She shook her head slightly, "It's okay! General Ling, I have asked Qin Feng to let you live, tomorrow morning, you will go! ”

"This ······ Miss Xiao Qiao, how could Qin Feng agree? Ling Cao wondered.

Xiao Qiao smiled, but there was a hint of bitterness at the corner of his mouth, "The general doesn't have to ask more!" In addition, I would like to ask you to bring two sentences back, I wonder if it is possible? ”

Ling Cao couldn't figure out his mind at all, but he had a faint bad premonition in his heart, but he could only agree: "Miss, please speak!" ”

"The first sentence, the tired general told my sister, farewell today, you and my sister, I don't know when we will see each other again, I hope to cherish myself!"

"In the second sentence, General Lao returned this jade pendant to Zhou Yu and told him that from now on, you and I will break off our relationship, and the two have nothing to do with each other!"

Ling Cao was stunned, looked at the jade jade pendant in his hand, and said dumbfoundedly: "This ······"

When he looked up again, Little Joe had already turned and walked out of the cell.

Ling Cao immediately chased after him, but the jailer closed the cell door, and he held on to the wooden pillar of the cell door and shouted, "Miss Xiao Qiao, Miss, what happened?" ”

Xiao Qiao turned a deaf ear and left directly.

Ling Cao let go of his hand, slowly turned around and walked to the corner and sat down, he didn't sleep all night.

In the torture cell of the prison, the young Lu Meng was tied to a wooden frame, and Qin Feng walked in with a few armor soldiers holding the handle of his knife.

When several jailers in the torture room saw Qin Feng, they immediately clasped their fists and bowed: "I've seen the captain!" ”

Qin Feng waved his hand, walked up to Lu Meng and asked, "Lu Ziming, do you want to die or live?" ”

Lu Meng snorted coldly: "Nonsense, if you can live, who wants to die?" ”

Qin Feng asked again: "I want to do something big with a bang, and my name will be passed down through the ages; Or do you want to be an ordinary ordinary person for the rest of your life? ”

Lu Meng was not stupid, and did not follow Qin Feng's routine to answer, but asked, "What do you want to say?" ”

Qin Feng crossed his arms and stared at Lu Meng's eyes, "Okay, I will give you three choices: first, you and your brother-in-law are dead; Second, I will let you go back, and leave your brother-in-law, and let him serve me, and if he does not listen to the command, I will kill him; Thirdly; Let your brother-in-law go back, you will stay, serve me, be faithful, do not be perfunctory, if you break your promise, I will kill you! ”

Die? Lu Meng definitely didn't want to, he was only twenty years old, and he was full of ambition; If he goes back and leaves his brother-in-law behind, how will he have the face to go to his sister and explain to him? How will my sister and nephew's family live in the future? How will Sun Ce and Jiang Dongjun treat his sister's family?

Qin Feng watched Lu Meng close his eyes, knowing that he was experiencing a battle between heaven and man in his heart, and smiled slowly: "In the same way, I have already told your brother-in-law, how do you guess how he chooses?" ”

Lu Meng opened his eyes.

Qin Feng said solemnly: "Your brother-in-law chooses to stay by himself and let you go back!" He said that let you live well after you go back, and take your sister and nephew to find another place to live in seclusion, because because of him, the Jiangdong army will definitely discriminate against your family, and it is impossible for you to enter the Jiangdong officialdom again, but you can live, and you don't have to be a thief! ”

Lu Meng's heart shook, he slowly looked up at Qin Feng, and Qin Feng also looked at him.

After a long time, Lu Meng's inner struggle finally stopped, and he had a choice: "Let me stay and let my brother-in-law go back!" ”

Qin Feng said: "Why did I choose to leave you and let Deng Dang go?" Deng Dang is the Sima of the Jiangdong Army, has many years of military career experience, knows military affairs, and can command troops, what about you? At a young age, at most it will only be on paper, useless, do you want me to leave a waste of wood and let go of a capable person? ”

Lu Meng hurriedly said: "My brother-in-law has a family and a mouth, and staying by the general's side may not do his best, and I am not alone, and I have no family to drag down!" It is true that I have no experience in leading troops and battle formations, but I am young, I can learn, I can draw inferences from others when I study, and I will soon be able to share the worries of the general! ”

"Besides, my brother-in-law has already served Sun Ce, so it is difficult for him to change his court and serve the general loyally! And I am neither an official under Sun Ce's account, nor a lieutenant general and colonel of his army, I came out with my brother-in-law to blend into the army this time, so I am a free body, if I serve the general, I will serve loyally, and there will be no two hearts! ”

Qin Feng snorted coldly: "Speaking is better than singing, how can I believe you?" ”

Lu Meng was so anxious that he said: "Please let the general let me go, give me another dagger, and I will reassure the general!" ”

A few soldiers next to him were in a hurry, and someone advised: "The general can't, in case there is fraud!" ”

Qin Feng thought about it for a moment and raised his hand: "Untie him and give him a dagger!" ”

Seeing Qin Feng's serious expression, several jailers had no choice but to step forward and untie Lu Meng.

"When" a soldier threw a dagger at Lu Meng's feet.

Lu Meng rubbed his wrist that was tied painfully, bent down and picked up the dagger, cut off a handful of his hair with the dagger in front of Qin Feng and the others, and held it up and knelt in front of Qin Feng.

"Today, I Lu Meng swore an oath, follow the general all his life, serve loyally, and never turn his back, if I have two hearts, I will be destroyed by heaven and earth!"

Qin Feng helped Lu Meng up, he didn't know how reliable this guarantee was, but the ancients believed in it, and he planned to believe in Lu Meng for the time being.

He also knew that Lu Meng's heart was bitter at this time, he was forced to be helpless and forced to do so, and he didn't really want to follow him, but as long as Lu Meng was a person who reaffirmed his promises, he believed that sooner or later he would let Lu Meng be willing to die for him.

The next morning, footsteps sounded, the cell door was opened, and two jailers walked in with a few armorers.

Ling Cao got up slowly, the chains on his body rattling.

A soldier took out a black cloth bag and put it on his head, so that his eyes were black, and he couldn't see anything, and then he smelled a strange smell, and instantly felt that the world was spinning, and he fell headlong unconscious.

"Carry it away!" One of the armorers greeted him, and several other armorers came over and carried Ling Cao on their shoulders and left the cell.

In another cell, Deng Dang was also stunned and carried out by several armor soldiers.

Outside the West City Gate, a team of more than 3,000 people, plus nearly 1,000 mules, horses, donkeys, and bantam horses carrying a large amount of baggage was ready to go.

There was a crisp sound of horses' hooves in the distance, Qin Feng rode over with a three-pointed two-edged knife, followed by several cavalrymen guarding a large flag, and the flag was embroidered with the word "Qin", among which the person carrying the flag was Lu Meng.

"Captain Qiyu, we have thrown Ling Cao and Deng Dang ten miles away from the South City Gate, leaving them a day to eat!" A chief came over to give a report.

Lu Meng, who was carrying the flag, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, although Qin Feng was born as a bandit, he still kept his promise, as long as a person kept his word, he could get along.

Qin Feng nodded, turned his head to look at the surrounding soldiers, and asked, "Have you finished assembling the men and horses?" Did Miss's car arrive? ”

Another chief stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Miss's car has arrived, and the subordinate brothers are responsible for the guard!" ”

Huang Yi, the military candidate, stepped forward to report: "Captain Qiqi, all the men and horses and baggage have been assembled, and they can be pulled out at any time!" ”

Qin Feng beckoned to the county magistrate standing on the street: "Tang County Zun!" ”

The county commander came over tremblingly and put on a smiling face: "What else does the general have to order?" ”

Qin Feng said with a smile: "I have disturbed the county lord these days, and it has also brought some trouble to the people in the city, I am deeply sorry!" But the soldiers under my command can be regarded as innocent of the people, right? Even if Sun Ce comes, he may not be able to completely restrain his subordinates from invading the people! ”

The county commander also had to admit that what Qin Feng said was the truth, and he didn't hate Qin Feng, this was the case these days, the head of a city often changed the king's flag.

"Yes, yes, the general governs the army strictly, and acts benevolently and righteously, and the subordinate officers are deeply admired!"

Qin Feng smiled, the previous sentence was true, and the latter sentence was up for discussion, "Okay, you don't have to say anything nice, I said that if I don't embarrass you, I will never break my word, you stay and continue to be your county commander, if there is a goodbye day in the future, it will be fate!" ”

After speaking, he raised the three-pointed two-edged knife and swung forward: "Open up!" ”

"Pull it out—"

The procession left the West Gate and headed west.

When more than 3,000 people left the city, the county order immediately ran up to the city tower.

"County Honor, let's ······ Do you want to send someone to report in the direction of Wancheng? A small official asked cautiously.

The county commander turned his head and said loudly: "Of course, I have to send someone to report, and quickly send someone to take another road to Wancheng!" ”

"No!"