Xiang Zhuang stared intently at the cliff cave for a while before sighing: " My thoughts and personalities with my eldest brother are completely different, the break between the two of us is a matter of time, after the battle of the giant deer, the eldest brother has become more arrogant, he can't tolerate anyone's hostility, let alone my enemy to help you, I just don't want to fight against him in the future, so I hope to be able to successfully take Ao Cang, give Ao Cang as a gift to the eldest brother, let him give Peng Yue a princely king, I and you will retire to the mountains and forests, concentrate on cultivation, and live the life of a fairy couple, do you say okay, Ling'er?"

Ling'er rolled his eyes, shook his head again and again, and said: "Brother Zhuang, Brother Yu is narrow-minded and arrogant, if he knows that you are the leader of Peng Yuejun's army and attacks Ao Cang without authorization, even if you sacrifice the city, he will no longer trust you, but he will be worried about your threat to him, therefore, it is possible to kill you, even if he doesn't kill you, Yafu Fan Zeng will let him kill you, as long as you live, it is a threat to him." ”

Xiang Zhuang was silent, his face became solemn, and said, "Then in your opinion, what should I do?"

Ling'er said: "Brother Zhuang, it's better to wait for Ao Cang to take it down, you can take someone to meet Mr. Fan in private first, let him go and tell Brother Yu, if Mr. Fan can persuade him, you can see Brother Yu again, I expect that Mr. Fan has always appreciated you, and he will definitely not harm you." ”

"Hehe, sure enough, Ling'er is thoughtful, and if he is dedicated to me, Ling'er is also. Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but reach out and hugged Ling'er into his arms, Ling'er buried his face deep in his shoulder, feeling his shoulder warm and solid.

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Ao Cang ordered Chen Ao to inspect the whole city surrounded by dozens of doormen.

More than two months ago, hungry people appeared around Aocang one after another, and now no less than 50,000 people have gathered!

Now is the time when the green and yellow are not harvested, most of the people in Qi have eaten up last year's autumn grain, this year's harvest is not good, in addition to the war in recent years, the grain under the Qi Wang Tianheng is extremely heavy, therefore, many families have run out of grain, so they have rushed to Ao Cang, asking Ao Cang to open the warehouse and release grain.

There is food in Aocang, and the world knows it, and now these hungry names are pointing to the grain of Aocang to save lives.

Fifty thousand hungry people gathered around Aocang, how could Chen Ao take it lightly? If it weren't for the strict order of Lord Lu Chu, the Shou of Sanchuan County, not to kill the people, Chen Ao would have sent troops to forcibly drive the people away, and the grain in Ao Cang was the public grain of the state treasury, it was military food, and it was to supply the army, so who would dare to fight the idea of this military ration?

Standing on the top of the city of Aocang City and looking down the mountain, I saw that the wilderness was full of sporadic firelight, and there was a faint cry of hungry people coming from the wind.

Hou Qing, the doorman, couldn't bear it and persuaded: "My lord, why don't you put some food?"

"No!" Chen Ao flatly refused, "Once the warehouse is opened and the grain is released, the hungry people in all counties will definitely come to the country, and the whole Qi land, how can there be millions of hungry people who have no food to eat? Although Ao Cang has a lot of grain, he has to help millions of hungry people, and it will not last long at all, and besides, the grain is eaten by the hungry people, what will be used to supply the army of King Qi when the time comes?"

Hou Qing sighed and stopped talking, thinking that he really couldn't blame Ao Cangling for being ruthless about this.

After Chen Ao finished his inspection, he instructed Zhang Chi at the door: "Zhang Chi, you will send messengers to Xingyang, Suoyi, Jingyi, Guangwu, and Chengyi cities respectively, and be sure to tell your lords that there are more and more hungry people around Aocang, and the three thousand defenders in Aocang City alone are no longer enough to deal with the battalion, so let them immediately draw reinforcements over." ”

"No!" Zhang Chi, the doorman, suddenly agreed, and immediately took the order.

Chen Ao took a group of guests down from Chengheng and went straight to the Yamen.

As soon as he entered the gate, a small official stepped forward and said mysteriously: "My lord, there is a guest visiting." ”

Chen Ao is known as a corporal of courtesy, and even when facing the farmer, he can be humble, and when he heard that a guest was visiting, he quickly straightened his clothes, and carefully brushed off the dust and grass clippings that fell on the robe, and then he entered the hall, and asked the door in a low voice: "Where did the guest come from?"

The little official under the door squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Your Excellency will know when you see it." ”

Chen Ao didn't ask any more questions, and immediately walked into the living room of the yamen.

There were two people standing in the living room, one of them was slender and bewitching, with a plain white cloth on his head, and a white deep coat with a straight collar, and dark clouds and green silk like a waterfall, it turned out to be a woman, and the other was tall and strong, dressed in a black dark coat, and holding a long sword, perhaps a samurai.

Hearing Chen Ao's footsteps, the two turned around.

Chen Ao only felt that his eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw that the woman's eyebrows were picturesque, like a fairy in the moon, a pair of purple eyes were looking forward to it, so beautiful, even the dim and dark living room became bright because of her, and then looked at the man, his face was extremely ugly, he couldn't see any expression on his face, and he couldn't say that it was weird, Chen Ao felt the feeling of seeing the living dead in his heart, and the two of them were in stark contrast.

"Under Chen Ao. Chen Ao looked deeply at the two of them at the moment, and said loudly: "I've seen two." ”

"I heard that the Lord is a remnant of the Great Wei Dynasty, and he has always admired Xinling Jun, is it not?" The girl smiled slightly, like a hundred flowers blooming, Chen Ao only looked at the eyes straight, and forgot to answer for a while.

"Presumptuous!" the ugly-looking man was furious when he saw this, and stretched out his hand to draw his sword.

"Big brother must not be rude. The girl hurriedly stopped the middle-aged man.

Chen Ao woke up like a dream, and immediately retracted his gaze and said: "There are many offenses, forgive me." ”

"The little woman does not believe in the way of Confucius and Mencius, and naturally there is no taboo of disrespect, if the adult thinks that the little woman's posture is still eye-catching, it is okay to see more. The girl smiled, and then reached out and gently picked up a wisp of green silk in her ear, which became more and more charming, and said, "However, the adult has not answered the little girl's question?"

Chen Ao didn't dare to look at it more, and replied with a sideways look: "I was indeed a Wei person in Xia, and I also admired Xinlingjun very much, but now there is no Great Wei." ”

"Nonsense!" the expressionless man was furious again, "Right now, the princes are all around, the Great Wei royal family is still alive, and there is no day of revival in Anzhi?"

"Big brother!" The girl frowned suddenly, stopped the man again, and then turned to Chen Ao and said, "My lord, if Xinling Jun is here, do you think he will watch the 50,000 hungry people under Ao Mountain starve to death?"

Chen Ao sighed and said: "The grain of Ao Cang is the public grain of the national treasury and the military grain, and I have no right to dispose of it without authorization. ”

The girl said: "As the so-called matter is urgent, now the 50,000 hungry people under Ao Mountain are waiting to be fed, and hundreds of hungry people are dying of hunger every day. ”

"This ......" Chen Ao was speechless for a moment, although he knew that what this girl said was wrong, but he couldn't refute it, if he refuted it, wouldn't he be saying that King Qi was not benevolent?