Under the wind and sand.

Meng Wu took dozens of guards and crossed the people of Qin who were waiting to die on the spot, and blocked the defenders of Hangu Pass who were chasing after them in the rear.

When the defenders heard this, they quickly grabbed the reins and stopped in place and wandered left and right.

The leading centurion stepped forward, his longbow in his hand was not lowered, squinting and carefully looking at the soldiers in front of him wearing the armor of the Qin army.

"Meng Wu?"

"Yes, I am Zhengyang Guan Mengwu!" Meng Wu shouted. Zhengyangguan is the main city of more than 70 cities under the jurisdiction of Mengwu, and it is also the old nest of Mengwu.

Saying this, the centurion remembered that in the past two years, Meng Wu had made a lot of noise on the southeastern border of Qin, and it was difficult for him to think about it.

After confirming that the other party was Meng Wu, the centurion put away his longbow and stretched out his hand to point at the ragged Qin people behind Meng Wu:

"Please also ask General Meng to get out of the way, we are the Hangu defenders, and we are ordered to arrest these fugitives and go back."

Meng Wu turned his head and looked at the fugitives who were kneeling on the ground and shrunk into a ball behind him, his eyes were complicated:

"Why are you running away?"

"Go back quickly, I can spare you the death penalty!"

A tall man came out of the people, and before he could speak, the woman with the child beside him reached out and secretly tugged at his sleeve.

The man comforted his wife, took half a step forward, and responded with a fist:

"General Hui, I can't survive in the Qin State."

"Please also ask the general to give me and other small people a way to live, and let us go......"

Meng Wu dismounted and walked in front of this person, the old general with gray temples, who was not much taller than the man, looked at the man with complicated eyes.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, the man retreated in fear, and Meng Wu reluctantly withdrew his hand and persuaded again:

"Go back, you're doing something to defect!"

"You are all Qin people, you can't make mistakes again and again......"

Hearing this, the man's face sank, stared at Meng Wu, and asked, "How can you senior officials understand our situation?" ”

"If you can't survive, who wants to be a fugitive?"

"The villain has to get up when he is in Yin, go to work, and he can't come back until the hour, and he rests for less than two hours every day, and the villain's wife has to feed the cattle and sheep to the main family every day, wash and cook, and can only endure the frostbite on his hands in winter, the villain originally had three children, but he starved to death two of them, and only this one remains."

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people bowed their heads in silence, and even more women and children cried aggrievedly, and they trembled when they thought of those days in the past.

The centurion jumped off his horse and came to him in three or two steps.

Glancing coldly at the untouchables, he raised the whip in his hand.

There was a "snap", leaving a bloody mark on the man's face.

To fight again, Meng Wu reached out and grabbed his arm, and the centurion couldn't break free and suppressed his anger:

"What is this doing, General?"

"All of them are fugitives, and they deserve to be killed!"

"One by one, they are not small, they dare to escape from the small road!"

“……”

Meng Wu ignored him, but looked at the man again, and sincerely assured him:

"Go back with General Ben and go to Zhengyang City, General Ben promises that as long as you are not lazy, you will have a bowl of rice to eat, and you will not die of hunger ......"

The man didn't believe in Meng Wu, so he took a step back to protect his wife, and stretched out his hand to point at the Qin soldiers in front of him:

"You're all in this together, don't try to lie to us again."

"We've heard enough......"

They are people, not livestock, and they are living a life that is inferior to pigs and dogs in the Qin State, so it is better to come out and give it a try, it is a big deal to die.

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded, and everyone looked back:

"Hey, this is my prime minister, my prime minister said, if you enter my land, you will be my people!"

"I am the one who remembers the people, and I can divide it into one house and three acres of land!"

"The government makes a book, and it can't be faked."

"If you want to be my Ji Min, come over quickly, cross the boundary monument, and you will be protected by us, and if Qin Jun wants to shoot again, he will ask me first if I agree!"

Hou Ji followed what Chen Chao taught him, opened his throat, and shouted loudly.

As soon as these words came out, those fugitives from the Qin State glanced at each other, and their eyes showed ecstasy.

Unable to care about anything more, he pulled his legs and ran in the direction of the boundary monument.

When the centurion saw it, his brows furrowed, and he was about to chase after it.

However, Meng Wu was still hesitant, and blocked the way of the pursuit of the cavalry of Hangu Pass, and at this moment, the fugitives of the Qin State had already crossed the boundary monument and stepped into the territory of the Great Era.

As they crossed, they all collapsed to the ground, gasping for air.

The man who came out just now stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, ignoring the bleeding wound on his face, and hugged his fists and said:

"My lord, what you just said is true?"

"We've already crossed the boundary monument, but Ji Min?"

The man's eyes widened and he looked at Hou Ji who was shouting.

His wife and infant child were watching.

Those who escaped the pursuit of the Qin army and survived by luck, the few people of the Qin State opened their eyes one by one, swallowed saliva, and watched them all.

At this moment, countless complicated emotions flowed through Hou Ji's eyes, and he was just about to open his mouth and a hand fell on his shoulder.

When I looked back, I found that it was Chen Chao.

Chen Chao slowly stepped forward, and the people of Qin all looked at him.

Looking at the luxurious clothes worn by Chen Chao, Fang Cai Hou Ji said that he was the prime minister of Daji.

The man's voice sounded a little trembling, and his eyes kept flashing:

"Zai, Prime Minister, I'll wait ......"

The man couldn't speak, and pointed to a group of people behind him: "We are all Ji Min...... Not? ”

He needed an answer.

The answer is a matter of life and death.

Excited, begging, pitiful, resigned, hopeful...... Mixed emotions condensed on the faces of these fugitives.

Their eyes were always fixed on Chen Chao's lips.

It was as if they heard "yes".

Chen Chao waved his hand, his face was serious, and he said very solemnly:

"When you enter my Ji Land, all of them are my Ji Min!"

"The face counts when he speaks."

The cheers rang out all at once, overshadowing one after another.