Zheng Anping saw that everyone did not want to go, so he said: "In this case, I should bind myself to Yu Liang and use my body as a torture instrument to pay for the hands of the prisoners." “

Cao Bao said: "The order is also relieved, and the brothers are willing not to worry about their position." My brother has a word, and my brother waits for him to listen. Brother Zheng went, Cao guarded the door of the mansion and ordered the brothers not to enter, only saying that Brother Zheng was violently ill. Three days later, the envoy arrived, and Cao introduced him to his residence, knowing the death of Brother Zheng. The minister's cloth clothes are unruly, but they can be reckless. but my brothers give me their sins. I, Yi Cheng, and the same room as the governor, where the guilt lies, there is nothing to blame. If you are rescued by the king, you can return home without official duties, or you can return to the palace of Prince Wei! “

Brother Su said: "If you sit together with the law, Mr. may be punished!" ”

Cao Bao said: "The brothers resigned, but the words and regulations were strict, and the subordinates never dared to offend, although they sat together, the crime was also light." ”

Brother Su thought for a while and said, "Two evils are the right to do the opposite, so take this as a lighter." Today's plan should be to make Brother Zheng retreat quickly. ”

Zheng Anping said: "The brothers are kind, and the brothers are grateful. Tell me later! ”

Zheng Anping got up, turned the screen, and saw the little slave and Gai Nie sitting together, with tears on their faces.

Zheng Anping said: "I don't want to cause a sudden turmoil, affecting women and children!" ”

The little slave stood up and said: "The concubine is a cheap woman, she can fill the ravine, but she is fortunate to meet the king, and she gives the concubine and the son, and she has a home." The son died, and the concubine should accompany him. ”

Zheng Anping said: "If I go, I will abandon the king." The king and I have a great grace. Today, the great favor has not been repaid, and he has died in fear of sin, and he has been unfaithful and unjust. What the king gives, he doesn't dare to take it. May I die in old clothes. ”

The little slave and Gai Nie both went to the back house with Zheng Anping, and each of them took off their clothes and took out the short brown when they were poor, and Zheng Anping didn't even wear the clothes of a scholar, but also wore short brown. looked around, and held the wood from Ma San in his hand. He took a bowl from under the kitchen and put it in his arms. After cleaning up, Zheng Anping returned to the front hall and said goodbye to everyone. At this time, Wuwang suddenly ran in and said, "Father Zheng wants to do it?" Why abandon Wuwang? ”

Zheng Anping said: "Don't give up." I will go here, I will die at the end of the world, the future is unknown, and I am afraid that you will be mistaken. Thou shalt stay at home and make your own arrangements. ”

Wuwang said: "Definitely." The king is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, the king is humiliated and the ministers die, and the righteousness is also. Wuwang is not an unrighteous person, I wish to be Zheng's father, and break through the world! ”

Zheng Anping thought for a while and said, "That is the case, you can be more coarse and short brown in the old days, and we will go together." ”

When he was young, Wuwang also finished neatly and returned to the church. At the right time, there was no fire or moonlight in the hall, only a faint glow, which could illuminate the human figure. Cao Bao had the experience of escaping, and he had more experience in recklessness, so he took Zheng Anping to open the back door and leave, sent them out of the west gate of the city, and went south along the barren grassy field.

Cao Bao pushed the back door shut, entered the hall through the front door, and said: "The order is violently ill, and the personnel are unconscious, and all the princes have to find out the truth." May everyone do their duty, and do not slack off when there is a disease! ”

Brother Su said: "Should you report to the city?" ”

Cao Bao said: "Three days later, if there is no rise, it will be repaid." ”

Everyone said, "Wow! "They dispersed. When I went home, I told my wife that I was sick and unconscious. Everyone else is fine, only Sister Ba wants to come in to see a doctor, Cao Bao was forced to be helpless, so he had to tell the truth a little. When Sister Ba heard this, she praised repeatedly: "I don't expect you to be so righteous!" A slap on Cao Bao's back almost knocked him down. When he found that something was wrong, he hugged him again......

Zheng Anping and the four took advantage of the darkness of the night to sneak into the house of Feng San, and unexpectedly found that there was still one person living inside, who was not an outsider, it was Chen Si.

Chen Si recognized it as Zheng Anping, and was also a little surprised. He let everyone into the room and asked, "Father Zheng is not in Guanyi, why is it here?" ”

Zheng Anping said: "I was forced by people to die." Why did Fourth Brother Chen come to this? ”

Chen Sidao: "Mr. Che is called, so he will help him." ”

Zheng Anping said: "Mr. Che? Where to see? ”

Chen Sidao: "Or the cloud is in Chu, or the cloud is in Qin." I don't know where it is. Why is my brother dying? ”

Zheng Anping said: "Fourth Brother Chen is not an outsider, just tell the truth. A few years ago, I was ordered by Brother Hou to return to Mr. Fan, and I have been hidden to this day. Later, Mr. Fan sneaked into Chu Gongzi, and he was seen by others, but he was killed. Now Xinlingjun found out that Wei Xiang knew that Mr. Fan was hiding in my house, so he forced him. I had to die. ”

Chen Sidao: "Father Zheng also knows the house of the third brother? ”

Zheng Anping said: "The third brother told each other that Mr. Fan was a guest in Qin, and he had words to greet each other. The minister is embarrassed and willing to vote for it. Therefore, he visited the house of the three brothers. I really don't mean that the three brothers are also friends of the Hou brothers. Chen Si is going, when will he leave? ”

Chen Sidao: "The schedule has not been decided. ”

As he was talking, the back window opened, and a person got in, startling everyone. The man came into the house, walked directly to Zheng Anping, and asked, "Is it necessary to order his ambitions?" Zheng Anping seemed to vaguely remember that he was a buddy of the third brother, so he said: "I dare to be a friend of the third brother, but I don't know the honorific title." ”

The man said: "Command him to call Weishu Mengsan." ”

Zheng Anping said: "We outlaws, be careful not to use orders and small things. ”

Meng San said: "What Brother Zheng said is true. Brother Zheng is also not allowed to be called Zheng. ”

Zheng Anping said: "It can be renamed Ma San." ”

Chen Si smiled and said, "Pig three, Ma three, Meng three, all three, rare." ”

Zheng Anping said: "My friend Masan, this Nan Mayi is also a person." Forgive me. ”

Meng San asked the names of the other three again, Xiao Nu and Wu Wang were fine, only Gai Nie, who was too prominent, and changed his name to "Little Cub". Let everyone go to the crown, spread their hair, take off all their clothes, smear their whole bodies with soil, and roll on the ground a few times, all dirty and smelly. Change into the clothes that Meng San brought.

Meng San said: "The brothers gather tonight, and it is really providential." Go with me every day, but do not show acquaintance. When the rooster crowed, I passed by the door. Fourth Brother Chen took the cub out of the front door and followed me; The third brother Ma led the two out of the back door and walked behind the fourth brother Chen. All groups must be tens of hundreds of paces apart, and they do not know each other or talk to each other. The crowd understood. Meng San packed up everyone's clothes and went out of the window.

Not long after Meng San left, the rooster crowed. It's summer, the sky is early, the roosters are crowing all over, and the sky is already bright. Chen Si took Gai Nie and the two wandering brothers out of the front door; Zheng Anping carried the wooden coffin, took the little slave and Wuwang, counted the family of three, and also went out. It's still early, and the summer farm work is not very busy, so everyone gets up late. Meng San seemed to be in a hurry to catch up with business, and the two groups behind were wandering and came to Huayang together.

After walking for a day, I have not eaten, and when I am thirsty, I find a small ditch nearby and hold two handfuls of water to drink, and I am hungry and tired. Seeing the sun setting, when I arrived at the Huayang Pavilion, I saw Meng San turn into a bamboo forest. Seeing that the bamboo forest was close, everyone hurriedly followed. saw that Meng San had already stopped in the bamboo forest, waiting for everyone. Seeing that everyone had come in, Meng San said, "Rest here today." Turning around and leading everyone through the bamboo forest, I saw a meadow, a small river, and a grass hut.

The hut was empty, without any items, like an old house abandoned by its owner; But it's very clean, and it should be abandoned soon. Meng San seemed to be very familiar with this place, beckoned everyone to rest on the spot, and called Chen Si and Wuwang to come to the back of the house and take the water from a small boat that was covered by weeds. Just beside the river, a gravel beach rose on fire. Everyone was thirsty, but only Zheng Anping brought a bowl, and everyone took turns to scoop the river water with the bowl to drink. The water here originates from an underground ground, which is crystal clear and has a sweet and refreshing taste. After drinking the water, while waiting for the porridge to be cooked, many people stripped naked, jumped into the river, washed the dirt off their bodies, and even the little slave found a secluded place and rinsed it with Zheng Anping. Gai Nie was very familiar with Chen Si along the way, and the four brothers and cubs called affectionately. Not long after, Meng San called: "Porridge Cheng!" This is the end of this group of people's play.

Because there is only one bowl, the six people can only take turns to drink the porridge, and the porridge is full of salt and plum, and the drink is very relieving. Hunger and thirst passed, sleepiness hit, Meng San gave the grass hut to Zheng Anping and the others, and he and Chen Si and Wuwang slept on the grass, anyway, the weather was hot, and it was cooler to sleep in the open air.

When they woke up, it was already dawn, and everyone only felt sore. Meng San carried another burden from the boat, took out a set of Chu clothes from it, asked everyone to change into it, and put the stinky clothes into the baggage. Although these Chu clothes are also narrow-sleeved and thin-waisted, they are made of coarse cloth, and the colors are not gaudy, basically plain, only with a blue or red edge on the cuffs and collar.

Meng San piled up a pair of tools onto the boat and stuffed the changed clothes under the ship's board. Let everyone get on board. Stretch the boat out of the estuary.

When he arrived at Zheng Guocheng, Meng San docked the boat, took everyone ashore, found a boatman, agreed on the location, paid the fare, and let Zheng Anping get on another slightly larger boat. Zheng Anping and his entourage of five people had no luggage, only Zheng Anping was carrying a wooden stick, which was too thick to be used as a crutch and too thin to be used as a pole, so I don't know what it was used for. It looks like an ordinary family from the Chu State came to Zheng State to visit relatives.

Zheng Anping didn't hear the location of what Meng San said, in fact, even if he heard it clearly, he didn't know where it was, so he could only resign himself to fate and get on the boat. When he looked back at Chen Si, he was looking forward to it. Zheng Anping asked in a low voice: "Can Si'er know where it is?" ”

Chen Sidao: "Return to Chen Guo!" ”

Zheng Anping understood, Chen Si's surname was Chen, and he was naturally from Chen State, and this boat went to Chen State, and it was to go to a place that Chen Si knew, which might not be far from his hometown. This made Zheng Anping completely relieved. The boatman swung the boat and went downstream. From the water into the chasm, straight down to the Chen country. Because of the smooth water, the boat travels fast, and the waterway of nearly 300 cities will arrive in one day. abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, Chen Si was really familiar with the way, and took Zheng Anping and his party to a city. On the outskirts of the city, Chen Si found a reverse brigade and said a name to the owner of the reverse brigade, who immediately went in and brought out a person.