The high platform stands tall.

Xin Yi slowly walked into the wooden house, and was greeted by two nongs with dark skin but delicate features.

They were dressed more gorgeously and exquisitely than ordinary women, and they said something to Nong Zhigao in the dialect of the Nong people, their cheeks were shy, and their eyes were full of affection. Then, another woman brought out two children who were about five or six years old, and pounced on Nong Zhigao happily, saying something that Xin Yi couldn't understand.

This is Nong Ji-gao's concubine and child?

Xin Yi guessed, standing on one side, silent.

A nong girl looked over, her eyes swept over Xin Yi's fair face, with a slight suspicion and hostility, but she quickly withdrew her gaze and said something to Nong Zhigao as if asking.

Nong Zhigao nodded, touched the child's head, and looked back at Xin Yi.

"You'll stay here tonight, and Boum will watch you. Don't try to escape, you won't get out of this jungle and you'll die without a place to bury—"

Xin Yi was slightly surprised.

Throw her in a pile of dry grass, that's the treatment of a hostage.

What is it to bring her home now?

Nong Zhigao left quickly, and the two Nong girls and children could not speak the official language of the Song Dynasty, and Xin Yi had no way to communicate with them.

But because of Nong Zhigao's instructions before leaving, the two Nong girls took her to dinner, simple cakes and rice soup, and a plate of pickled black beans, the taste is indescribable, but Xin Yi saw that the two children were eating, and he was not afraid of poisoning, so he quickly filled his stomach.

The two girls are wary of her, but the child is innocent and curious.

They circled around Xin Yi, chattering about something, and their faces were full of smiles. The little girl even ran out and brought her a fish cake and made a treasure for her to eat......

This made Xin Yi think of three thoughts.

She took the fish cake and fumbled around it, originally trying to find out if there were any gadgets that could be used to give to children.

It was only when I touched it that I found out that something was wrong......

Her golden doll is gone.

When she left Bianjing, the golden doll that she hung around her neck with a red rope was gone.

"Nong Zhigao?!"

Xin Yi's heart was suffocated, and he gestured to the child and the two Nong girls and said Nong Zhigao's name.

"I want to see him."

"Will you take me to him?"

The two nongnus looked at her blankly, silently pulled the child aside, their eyes were defensive and disgusted, the child looked at her sudden emotional change, and looked puzzled, but under the command of the nongnu, he did not step forward again.

No one heeded her request.

That night, Xin Yi didn't get to see Nong Zhigao.

But the next evening, she saw the messenger sent by the Great Song Dynasty.

It was the nong girl named Bum who came to greet her, and Xin Yi was bending down to look at the two big blood blisters grinding out of her feet, and when she heard the Chinese words in Bum's mouth, her hand shook and pressed on the blood blisters, and she almost convulsed in pain......

"Do you speak the official language of the Song Dynasty?"

Boom ignored her inquiry, his eyes full of hostility.

"The king is waiting for you. Put on your shoes! ”

The weather in the southern jungle is changeable, and the sun gradually cools down, Xin Yi is still wearing the thin clothes he was wearing when he came, and when he goes out, the cold wind blows, and he feels a little chilly.

She folded her arms and followed Buhm unhurriedly.

In broad daylight, this high platform is even more spectacular in the forest.

Xin Yi found out that there was a third floor here.

Going around from the other side, there is a wooden house on it, which seems to be the place where Nong Zhigao is discussing, and the Nong soldiers holding the standard on both sides stand solemnly.

Walking to the door, Boum stopped.

"Let's go inside."

Xin Yi asked her, "Aren't you going in?" ”

There was a hint of displeasure in Boum's eyes, or maybe jealousy.

"The king will not allow his women to go to the place where the council is discussed."

Xin Yi raised an eyebrow.

Boom made a point of emphasizing her identity as a Nong Chi Gao woman, which turned out to be the source of their hostility towards him......

"Thank you." Xin Yi nodded and smiled at her, and turned his head inside.

In the room, tung oil lamps were lit, curtains were pulled, and Nong Zhigao, dressed in iron armor, sat on the main seat covered with animal skins, with cow heads and horns hanging on both sides, looking majestic.

A young dressed Song will sit in the guest seat, and as soon as the curtain opens, he turns sideways.

Xin Yi suddenly stopped.

The messenger from the Great Song Dynasty turned out to be Cao Yi.

The eyes of the two intersected in the air, and for only a moment, Cao Yi smiled faintly, his face was light and elegant, and he couldn't see joy or anger in the flickering light.

"I was relieved to see that Dr. Xin was safe and sound. Di Shuai said, if the leader of Nong has any conditions, we will do it, and if we can't, we will definitely submit them to the ......court one by one."

Nong Zhigao interrupted with a smile: "Is it delaying time? ”

Cao Yiwan'er, his face was calm and not embarrassed.

"The leader of Nong is a person who understands, and as a human minister, we can't call the shots in everything......"

"Commander Cao is too humble. You're no ordinary man. Nong Zhigao glanced at Cao Yi, and asked someone to bring a chair and put it in a corner, and asked Xin Yi to sit down, so he said lukewarmly: "I am in the borderland, and I am not ignorant of court affairs, and the face of your Cao family, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty still has to take care of one or two." ”

Cao Yi raised his eyes and glanced at Xin Yi.

Xin Yi pursed his lips and did not speak.

Nong Zhigao's gaze swept over the two of them and smiled faintly.

"When the old people meet, they must have a lot to say. I'll give Commander Cao this face......"

As he spoke, he slowly got up by holding down the armrest, lifted the big knife and laughed loudly.

"My request is very clear, and I don't need to go into details. Catch up with the old days, discuss, and I'll come back in an hour. ”

As soon as the laughter stopped, he looked at Cao Yi again and raised his eyebrows lightly.

"I don't know if Commander Cao is enough?"

Cao Yi quietly looked at his approaching figure, and sighed.

"Thank you, Chief Nong."

The leader of Nong laughed twice and strode out.

Xin Yi suddenly spoke, "Leader Nong, stay here!" ”

Nong Zhigao turned his head and smiled as if he was nothing, "Reluctant to let me go?" Still don't want the opportunity I give you? ”

Xin Yi's eyes were sharp at him.

"Isn't it a gentleman's job for the leader of Nong to steal my things?"

"Gentleman?" Nong Zhigao seemed to have heard some kind of joke, and his face was distorted with laughter, "You Song people all call me a thief and a rebel...... I can't afford to be a gentleman. Hum! ”

Nong Zhigao brushed his sleeves away, laughing extremely insolently.

Xin Yi clenched his fists, looked at the back, and secretly gritted his teeth.

As soon as Nong Zhigao left, the attendants in the room retreated one after another.

The door closed, leaving only Cao Yi and Xin Yi.

It's deserted.

Cao Yi asked, "What did he take from you?" ”

Xin Yi shook his head, "A private thing." ”

Cao Yi didn't ask any more questions, and let out a sigh after thinking for a moment: "Why are you so stupid? Is it worth it? ”

Xin Yi smiled faintly, "Which one is Commander Cao asking?" ”

Cao Yi: "For the sake of heavy buildings, I don't care about my life and take my body as a hostage." ”

Xin Yi said calmly: "It's worth it." ”

The smile on Cao Yi's face retracted invisibly, and quickly returned to his usual appearance.

"You two are stubborn, and no one loses to anyone."

Speaking of this, Cao Yi's eyes were slightly cold, "In order to save you, Chonglou dared to risk the disapproval of the world and ask the court for Nong Zhigao to be crowned a knight." I think he's crazy, even crazier than you......"

Xin Yi said: "Most people's ideas may not be right. What we're doing isn't necessarily wrong. ”

Thinking of Fu Jiuqu's lonely and arrogant appearance, the light in her eyes was indescribable appreciation.

"I didn't look at the wrong person, and I didn't love the wrong man."

Cao Yi smiled stiffly and lowered his head to drink tea to hide his frustration.

"Knowing that war is inevitable and that the court will not give in to this, it is stupid in my opinion to insist on going its own way. For the sake of today's plan, the teacher means to talk while fighting, and we will try our best to deal with Nong Zhigao and rescue you out...... But you have also seen the situation in front of you, Nong Zhigao will not let people go easily, and Da Song will not compromise easily. Xin Yi, what do you think? ”

Xin Yi looked at Cao Yi squarely, looking at his gentle and handsome face as always, and was silent for a moment before smiling lightly.

"If it's useless to do anything, then I'll have to accept fate."

Cao Yi's eyes moved slightly, and he said slowly: "Later, I will tell Nong Zhigao to let you leave, and I will stay as a hostage." ”

Xin Yi was taken aback.

Cao Yi said: "My weight is heavier than yours, Nong Zhigao is a smart person who knows how to weigh." ”

"Commander Cao, you don't have to be so ......" Xin Yi heard his calm voice, and a complicated emotion surged inexplicably in his heart, as if he had been drilled into his throat by cold air, filling his throat full, restless and irritable.

"I decided to stay as a hostage, except for the situation forced to comply, there are other selfish intentions, I have people I want to defend, I want to change my life, no matter what the final result is, I can accept it calmly. You're different, you have nothing to do with it, you should do the right thing, not just do it......"

"It's rare to be in a mood." Cao Yi looked at her with a smile, his eyes were like an abyss dyed with a layer of mist, he seemed to want to say something, but in the end he couldn't say it, just laughed at himself.

"This time, I also want to maintain, the people I want to maintain."