In the southern suburbs of Ziyang City, Lu Yiping, Wu Zhong and Zheng Shuyuan sat around the fire.

On the fire stood a fat chicken roasted to a golden brown.

The chicken is a domestic chicken, which Zheng Shuyuan bought from a farmer's family in the southern suburbs.

The three of them shared a chicken, which seemed to be not enough to eat.

It's not that Uncle Zheng is far from having any silver, but that the family said that they wouldn't sell anything.

The family has two large roosters.

As for the dozen or so hens, they are kept to lay eggs, and they cannot be sold.

Even if Uncle Zheng wants to give more silver, it won't work.

There are only two old people in this family.

The uncle with a wrinkled face said that no one would have trouble with money, but if he overcharged money, he would not be able to get over it on his conscience.

If both roosters are sold, they will not be able to hatch chicks in the future.

The eldest lady pulled the old man's clothes, and the uncle pretended not to see it.

Uncle Zheng was far from forced.

It's not that Uncle Zheng is far from having to stare at one family to buy, but other households, and he won't open the door for him at all.

It's dark and late, and few people are willing to open the door to a stranger.

Fortunately, there are still some leftover buns in this family, and they were also bought back by Zheng Shuyuan.

The uncle said that it was given.

Zheng Shuyuan also sincerely thanked the uncle for his kindness.

However, when he took out the chicken money, the broken silver he took out was not small.

It is rare for a farmer to see silver, and the old man weighed such a small piece of broken silver in his hand a few times, and always felt that it was not as solid as the copper coin.

As for how much copper money this piece of broken silver can be worth, in fact, they are very uncertain in their hearts.

Zheng Shuyuan said that it was enough to buy a chicken, and the simple farmer believed it.

It's a big deal.

In fact, it is enough to buy a few chickens, but Uncle Zheng is far from saying it.

He didn't want to make the two simple old men feel so uneasy.

Or something else.

Uncle Zheng was slowly flipping the roast chicken, and the chicken that was cooked quickly was squeaky and greasy, exuding an attractive aroma.

At this time, Wu Zhong also found a thin stick and skewered the three white flour buns, held them in one hand, and roasted them on the fire.

When the oil from the roast chicken was about to drip into the fire, Wu Zhong used the steamed bun in his hand to pick it up below, and the fat dripped onto the white bun, and after a while, the white bun was roasted to brown on both sides, and it was also covered with oil.

Originally, he was going to enter the city before sunset, but Yuan Xi did not appear, and Lu Yiping didn't know what the current situation was in the city, so he gave up the idea of entering the city and decided to wait for Yuan Xi in the southern suburbs.

This place is only three or four miles away from the city gate, and as long as Yuan Xi goes out of the city from the south, it is easy to find them.

They came from the south.

In the middle of the night, such a fire is very conspicuous.

Wu Zhong held the roasted bun and sniffed it, swallowed his saliva, looked at Zheng Shuyuan and asked, "Third brother, how is it?

According to the two of them, this chicken was for Lu Yiping to eat.

The buns were all roasted, but the chicken was not yet cooked, and they were embarrassed to eat them first.

Zheng Shuyuan took out a knife and cut it on the chicken, looked at the meat inside, shook his head and said, "No, it's still a little hot, so I said don't be in a hurry to roast the bun!"

Wu Zhong glared and said, "What do you know? When your chicken is almost ripe and the oil is dripping, what kind of bun are you still roasting?"

Lu Yiping, who was also aroused by the aroma of chicken, shook the water bladder and smiled.

Luckily, there was still half a bag of wine left.

Pulling out the stopper, he took a sip, smashed his mouth, and said to Zheng Shuyuan: "Third child, pull off that chicken wing for me first." ”

"Okay, General, wait a minute!"

Uncle Zheng responded, took out a knife, made a light circle at the base of the chicken wings, and then came to Lu Yiping with the roast chicken and said, "General, give!"

Lu Yiping pulled it smoothly, and the chicken wings with only a few bones attached to them reached his hand.

After sniffing it first, Lu Yiping smiled and said, "Third child, your chicken is roasted well!"

Zheng Shuyuan, who returned to the fire to continue roasting, said with a smile: "Aren't these crafts all taught by you, the general?"

Then he added, "General, be careful of burning!"

Lu Yiping took a small bite, nodded, and then said to the two: "You guys eat too!"

Wu Zhong saw that Lu Yiping had eaten it, and he was no longer polite, so he handed the steamed bun skewers in his hand to Zheng Shuyuan and said, "Third child, you take one first!"

Zheng Shuyuan nodded, flipped the roast chicken with one wing, took a bun with the other, took a bite of it busily, and said in a continuous voice: "Well, it's fragrant, it's really fragrant, and there is a smell of chicken!"

Wu Zhong smiled, he couldn't bear it anymore and was about to take a bite of the bun skewers in his hand directly, but Lu Yiping opened his mouth, "Second brother, wait a while!"

Wu Zhong turned his head to look at Lu Yiping.

Lu Yiping continued: "Give me that bun, it's the one above, the one that is roasted the best, you can be wronged, eat the last one!"

Wu Zhong was stunned for a moment, why did the general set his sights on his roasted bun?

Although he was a little reluctant in his heart, if the general wanted to eat, he couldn't help but give it, so he handed the bun skewer in his hand to Lu Yiping.

Lu Yiping took down the steamed bun with a smile and said to Wu Zhong: "Your steamed bun is almost hot, I think you should bake it and eat it again, don't be blind to this steamed bun." ”

After speaking, he took a bite of the bun in his hand.

Wu Zhong licked his lips, and he heard the crisp sound.

It's the brown and crispy bread.

Originally, it was impossible for the third child to compete with him for this bun, even if the third child fought with him, he would not give it to Zheng Shuyuan, who made him the second brother.

When I was a child, I let my younger brother, and when I was older, my younger brother had to let my brother.

Who expected that this bun was targeted by the general.

He turned his head to look at Zheng Shuyuan.

The bun in Zheng Shuyuan's hand has already been eaten in half, if it weren't for the heat, I'm afraid he would have eaten it in a few bites.

Lu Yiping saw Wu Zhong holding a stick with only one bun left in a daze, so he said, "What are you doing in a daze?

After finishing speaking, he said to Zheng Shuyuan: "Third child, are the two chicken thighs roasted? Okay, you and the second child have one each, just remember to keep the other chicken wing for me." ”

Zheng Shuyuan was also stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "General, I will eat buns with my second brother, and this chicken is for you to eat." ”

Lu Yiping spit out a chicken bone, smiled and said, "What are you talking about? General, when have I ever eaten solitary food? Bai has been following me for so many years? Hurry up and get the next one for your second brother first, you see that he is greedy, hahaha!"

After a few laughs, Lu Yiping put the unfinished chicken wings on the bun, grabbed the water bladder, bit off the plug with his teeth, and was about to take a sip, but stopped, looked at the two and asked, "Do you still have wine there?"

When buying liquor in Quanshui Town, there was a water bag for each person.

Wu Zhong, who was staring at Uncle Zheng Yuan's chicken legs, smiled and said, "Don't worry, general, I still have a lot of water in my water bladder, and I guess the third child also has it!"

Zheng Shuyuan also smiled and said: "I don't have much left, but it's enough to drink, general, drink it quickly!"

After speaking, he handed the chicken leg in his hand to Wu Zhong.

Wu Zhong stuck the bun skewer in his hand on the ground, took the chicken leg, took a bite first, and didn't care about burning his mouth, so he chewed it heavily.

Seeing that the second brother had eaten a lot, Zheng Shuyuan also hurriedly got a chicken leg for himself, and then looked up at Lu Yiping.

Lu Yiping, who had finished gnawing the chicken wings, had just taken a big sip of wine, and when he saw Uncle Zheng looking at him from afar, he smiled and said, "Eat quickly, come, hand me the roast chicken!"

Lu Yiping was eating the remaining half of the roast bun, while flipping the roast chicken, and when the bun in his hand was finished, he pulled off the other chicken wing, and said with a smile: "I won't be polite to you two brothers, you two can eat the rest of the chicken!"

The two brothers by the fire felt very warm.

There was fire, there was wine, there was generals.

Warm the body, warm the stomach, warm the heart.

Lu Yiping seemed calm, but his heart was far less calm than he appeared.

He thought a lot along the way, and the one he couldn't understand the most was Jia Nanfeng.

What could make him Jia Nanfeng do this?

He couldn't figure it out.

He was also afraid.

Lu Yiping, who is not afraid of the sky and the earth, is afraid that he will be accused of being a traitor.

Because he didn't.

But he probably will be in the future.

Because he can't really choose to be caught with his hands tied to prove his innocence.

Sending people to death without help is undoubtedly stupid.

The liquor entered his throat, but he was not drunk, he wanted to get drunk, but he didn't dare to get drunk.

This wine is very hard to drink.

There was movement in the distance, and Lu Yiping casually threw aside the water bladder containing the wine, stood up and stared at the north.

The figure approached, and Lu Yiping shouted lightly: "But Yuan Xi?"

Yuan Xi smiled: "I can smell the aroma of roast chicken from afar, I don't know if I caught up!"

Before the words fell, the person was already standing in front of Lu Yiping.

Wu Zhong and Zheng Shuyuan, who were grabbing half a chicken and gnawing there, got up and looked at Yuan Xi, who was hurrying back.

Zheng Shuyuan raised the chicken skeleton in his hand that was almost left with bones and said, "If Brother Yuanxi doesn't dislike it, I still have two mouthfuls of meat!"

Yuan Xi smiled: "How can there be a reason to take food from the mouth, Brother Zheng, eat it quickly, I'm joking." ”

Then Lu Yiping, who had an eager look on his face, said: "Uncle Lu, I saw Wei Shuai, in addition, Jia Nanfeng showed his feet on Wei Shuai's mansion, was besieged by the guards of Wei Shuai's mansion, and fled back!"

"Where did you flee?"

Lu Yiping felt a pity in his heart, if he could capture Jia Nanfeng, all problems would be solved.

Yuan Xi sighed and said, "I'm afraid I'm going back to the palace again!"

Lu Yiping nodded and said, "That's troublesome, so Wei Shuai already believes in us right now, right?"

Yuan Xi nodded, and then said: "However, Uncle Lu, I'm afraid that Wei Shuai is also in his calculations Jia Nanfeng, this Ziyang City, Wei Shuai may not be able to stay." ”

"What? can't the new king even believe Wei Shuai?"

Yuan Xi took out Wei Tiangang's token from his arms and said, "Wei Shuai has already prepared for the worst, this brand is what Wei Shuai asked me to pass on to you." ”

Lu Yiping took the token, took a few closer glances at it by the light of the fire, put it in his arms and asked, "What arrangements does Wei Shuai have?"

Yuan Xi said: "Wei Shuai said to let Uncle you rush back to Pingnan City as soon as possible." In addition, Wei Shuai has a group of people in Cloud City, and you can order someone to take this token to Cloud City to deploy. In addition, you can also tell General Chu in Cloud City the truth about this matter, but whether General Chu believes it or not, it is up to fate. ”

Lu Yiping sighed and said: "What can he do if Chu Weidong believes it or not, he can only obey the king's orders." ”

Then he asked, "Did Wei Shuai say what he would do?"

Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "Wei Shuai didn't tell me. ”

Lu Yiping frowned and pondered for a moment and said, "Right now, Wei Shuai is in the same situation as me, but his camp is in Ziyang City. Wei Shuai as a commander, his direct subordinates should have nearly 20,000 people, one of which was brought to Yunshang City by Wei Shuai's second son, General Wei Yuanbai, to help Chu Weidong defend the city, this matter was arranged when the first king was alive, in order to prevent any accidents on the Jingzhou side. At present, there should be nearly 10,000 people in Ziyang City, but this also includes the palace guards, the city gate guards and Wei Shuai's guards. In addition to the palace guards and city gate guards, there should be more than 8,000 horses in Wei Shuai's camp. ”

Speaking of this, he looked to the west side and continued: "Right now, Vice Marshal Feng has returned to the city with the new king, and Vice Marshal Feng has 15,000 men and horses, and he is stationed in the camp in the west of the city. ”

Wu Zhong wiped his mouth and asked, "General, can Vice Marshal Feng still lead the army into Ziyang City?"

Lu Yiping let out a long sigh and said, "Who knows? If our new king can't believe Wei Shuai, can Wei Shuai still die in vain?"

Yuan Xi said on the side: "Uncle Lu, listening to what Wei Shuai said when he talked to me, I'm afraid that he won't go to see the new king again." ”

"Is that true?"

Lu Yiping was taken aback, pressed his hands on Yuan Xi's shoulders and asked, "Did Wei Shuai really say that?"

Yuan Xi saw that Lu Yiping's expression was a little excited, so he persuaded: "Uncle Lu, don't worry, Wei Shuai once told me that it is not wise to go to the new king who is stupid now, but as for what Wei Shuai is going to do next, he didn't tell me." ”

Then Yuan Xi said: "Uncle Lu, in my opinion, at the moment, we only need to protect ourselves, as long as we don't take the initiative to invade Ziyang City, will they still send a large army to attack my Pingnan City?"

Lu Yiping thought for a while and said: "You are right, the new king has just succeeded to the throne, so he shouldn't be so aggressive." We retreated to Pingnan City and sent a letter to the new king to explain the reason, and I believe that he will not be deceived by Jia Nanfeng forever. ”

After pondering for a moment, he said again: "But right now, Wei Shuai is in Ziyang City, but he doesn't know how to retreat. ”

At this time, Zheng Shuyuan said from the side: "General, will Wei Shuai defend Ziyang City?"

Lu Yiping shook his head and said: "According to the defense of Ziyang City, don't forget, the palace is in the middle of Ziyang City, could it be that Wei Shuai can still surround the palace in front of everyone? Besides, Feng Yuan still has 15,000 men and horses in the camp in the western suburbs outside the city, I am afraid that they have already taken precautions, and at the moment I am only afraid that Wei Shuai is trapped in the city, and if the two sides fight in the city, then Ziyang City will be over." ”

Wu Zhong thought for a while and said, "General, since you can't stay in Ziyang City, do you think Wei Shuai will withdraw from Ziyang City overnight?"

Lu Yiping's eyes lit up and looked at Wu Zhong and said: "Yes, since Ziyang City can't stay, and Wei Shuai can't sit still, the only way out is to leave Ziyang City, yes, it can only be like this now, in this way, let's hurry to the east gate, Wei Shuai's camp is in the east of the city, even if he goes out of the city, he will come out of the east gate." ”

Then he took out Wei Tiangang's token from his arms and said to Yuan Xi: "Yuan Xi, you have to work hard to run again." You go straight to the camp in the east of the city, if you see Wei Shuai, say I'll wait for him in the eastern suburbs, if you can't see him, you will wait for him in the camp with this token, but I think he will definitely go to the camp. ”

Yuan Xi took the token, nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go now!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran, and a few ups and downs disappeared in front of several people.

Lu Yiping turned his head to Wu Zhong and Zheng Shuyuan and said, "Let's go quickly!"

After Zheng Shuyuan extinguished the fire with earth, the three of them turned over and galloped away in the direction of the east of the city.

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Seeing that Fan Liye was about to follow Wei Tiangang into the house, He Li lightly bumped Qu Dazhi's arm.

Qu Dazhi said in a low voice: "Don't move!"

He also felt a pity in his heart.

Wei Shuai didn't even look at the two of them.

It's all your Royal Highness, what are you running away for?

He didn't even have a chance to salute Wei Shuai.

Before he and He Li reached the door, they were stopped by two guards.

At this time, Fan Liye glanced back at the two of them, and then said to He Li: "He Li, do a good job, this son remembers you." ”

When Wei Tiangang heard this, he also glanced back and said to Fan Liye: "Your Highness, what's wrong with this person?"

Fan Liye said with a smile: "If there is no such person, I am afraid that I can see Wei Shuai, and it will take a lot of trouble." ”

Wei Tiangang glanced back at He Li again, and said casually: "You go to serve in the personal guard army of the commander first!"

After speaking, he said to the person next to him: "Wan Chang, this person doesn't need to ask too much, Ben Shuai is just giving him an identity at the moment, understand?"

Wan Chang is the deputy commander of Wei Tiangang's guards, over thirty years old, and is a resolute man.

He bowed down and said, "Yes, Wei Shuai!"

The door was shut, and Wan Chang said to He Li, "Come here!"

He Li was stunned for a moment, looked left and right, and wondered, "Is it me?"

Qu Dazhi, who was next to him, raised his leg and kicked He Li lightly, and said in a low voice: "The guy who stepped on the shit, why don't you hurry over?"

He Lile trotted over, bowed to Wan Chang and said, "He Li, the old soldier under the command of the centurion Qu Dazhi, has seen the adults!"

Wan Chang said expressionlessly: "According to Wei Shuai's orders, from now on, you will be a member of Wei Shuai's personal guards, and the waist card will be given to you another day, can you remember?"

He Li, who was a little dazed, turned his head to look at Qu Dazhi.

Qu Dazhi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Commander Wan, He Li has never seen the world, please bear with me!"

Then he said to He Li, "Why don't you thank Commander Wan soon?"

Unexpectedly, Wan Chang said to Qu Dazhi: "He Li is already a member of my personal guard army, there is no need for you to point fingers, in addition, the commander does not need him to thank him, the commander has not done anything, and there is no need for him to admit his feelings." ”

Qu Dazhi showed an embarrassed look on his face, and then said with a smile: "It's me Qu Dazhi who is too talkative, Commander Wan, I am busy with military affairs, don't leave it at that!"

After speaking, he arched his hand.

Wan Chang nodded and said, "Lord Qu is easy to go!"

Seeing Qu Dazhi leaving, He Li was even more nervous in his heart, he didn't want to be a personal guard.

Besides, he can't be a person, what can he do with his thin arms and thin legs?

He Li's lips trembled a little, and he cautiously asked, "Wan, Wan, Wan Commander, I, I should, should I do something, what, what?"

Wan Chang looked at He Li and said, "Are you a stammer?"

He Li hurriedly shook his head, took a few deep breaths and said, "No, no, it's the first time I saw an adult, yes, I'm a little nervous!"

This sentence is much better than the previous one.

Wan Chang said to Nunu on the side: "Just go over there and wait!"

After saying that, he ignored He Li.

He Li glanced left and right a few times, and seeing that these people were all standing straight with their hands behind their backs, he moved his steps a little farther away from everyone and stood there obediently.

After entering the house, Fan Liye hurriedly said to Wei Tiangang: "Wei Shuai, I ran out with Gao Shou, he has gone home to arrange his family, I ordered him to take his family to the camp in the east of the city after making proper arrangements." ”

Wei Tiangang was puzzled: "Your Highness, you say slowly, what happened?"

Fan Liye asked, "Wei Shuai, Yuan Xi has been here, has it been?" What about Jia Nanfeng?"

Wei Tiangang sighed and said: "This matter, alas, Your Highness, we were all teased by that Jia Nanfeng, and this matter was all set up by him Jia Nanfeng. ”

Fan Liye pressed one hand on the table and said hatefully: "That's the case, Wei Shuai, do you know why I escaped from the palace?"

Wei Tiangang thought for a while and asked, "Is it the king, he wants to be unfavorable to His Royal Highness?"

Fan Liye nodded and said, "Wei Shuai, it's good that you reminded me that day." In fact, I have long suspected Jia Nanfeng, and when Jia Nanfeng suddenly returned that day, I felt that something was wrong, and he dared to say that General Lu was a traitor in front of me. Wei Shuai, since then, I suspect that he Jia Nanfeng is a ghost, but I can't help it, his martial arts are so high, if I annoy him, I'm afraid that I will also be in a different place, so I have to be with him. Later, after Fan Jiangong returned, I was ordered by him to go to the wake for my father, and I couldn't find a chance to meet you, but tonight, Fan Jiangong suddenly had dinner with me. ”

Fan Liye took a breath and continued: "Wei Shuai, I didn't have time to tell you, since he entered the city, he Fan Jiangong has been guarding against you, this Jia Nanfeng came to Shuaifu, just to keep an eye on you." ”

Wei Tiangang nodded and said, "Ben Shuai has already noticed it, who do you think this group of relatives around Ben Shuai is defending? Is it him Yuan Xi?"

Fan Liye had a sudden look on his face, "Wei Shuai also sees a problem?"

Wei Tiangang sighed and said: "Your Highness doesn't know, before returning to the palace, the old man had seen the king, and bluntly said that Jia Nanfeng might also have a problem, and also told the king what the little eunuch in Yebei said in the palace, but unfortunately the king didn't seem to believe what Ben Shuai said." ”

Fan Liye sighed: "Wei Shuai doesn't know, that Yebei father-in-law has been persecuted by Hou Mink Temple, and now he has changed his words, saying that he is dazzled. In addition, this son has also entered his Jia Nanfeng game, otherwise I wouldn't have run out in the middle of the night. ”

Wei Tiangang was surprised: "Even His Royal Highness was designed by him Jia Nanfeng?

Fan Liye showed a look of resentment on his face, and snorted coldly: "Wei Shuai, before that incident happened in the hall that day, I went to find Yuan Xi alone, and I happened to be seen by Ye Bei's little father-in-law, as for why I went to find Yuan Xi, I am not afraid of your jokes, I went to ask him about Guan Ju's sister." ”

Then Fan Liye sighed and said: "Wei Shuai, I, Fan Liye, am convinced by his Jia Nanfeng, you don't know, he also gave me a portrait of Guan Ju's sister, what do you say his purpose is?

Wei Tiangang suddenly realized: "I see, what a plan to kill many birds with one stone, Jia Nanfeng's cloud, is really powerful." ”

After thinking about it, Wei Tiangang said: "Right now, the old man is worried about how to explain the truth to the king, since His Royal Highness is here, you and I will go to the palace together and tell the truth to the king, can Your Highness dare to go with me?"

Fan Liye shook his head and said, "Wei Shuai, I'm afraid you're just ignoring a problem!"

"What's the problem?"

"I suspect that he Fan Jiangong secretly instructed Jia Nanfeng to do this, otherwise why did he Jia Nanfeng have such a smooth plan? He Fan Jiangong has so much trust in Jia Nanfeng, unless he Fan Jiangong is a fool. ”

Fan Liye lowered his voice and said: "Wei Shuai, think about it, he and Feng Yuan returned together, and I went out of the city with Jia Nanfeng to greet him that day, his performance was too suspicious, as if he knew everything." Besides, what good does Jia Nanfeng do to him? Even if he kills all the people in the palace, he won't get anything? But now it's different, Wei Shuai, if you are forced to leave, he, Feng Yuan, will be the rightful commander of Bazhou, and what about him Jia Nanfeng? I'm afraid that he will also be a Xiangguo. ”

Wei Tiangang pondered: "Your Highness, is it the king's order, this matter is now unfounded, and this matter needs to be scrutinized, but now the king is convinced of Jia Nanfeng, but it makes Ben Shuai in a dilemma, and now he is afraid that he has hated the old man to the core." Ben Shuai was afraid that he couldn't help it for a while, so he ordered Feng Yuan to lead a large army into the city, and at that time, do you say that Ben Shuai really wants to meet with him?"

Fan Liye shook his head and said: "Wei Shuai, my mind is also very chaotic right now, how to arrange it is up to you to decide, there is only one request in this world, don't send it to death in vain!"

"Okay, don't die in vain!"

Leng Xiuxian suddenly walked out of the darkness!