Seeing the smoke, Sima Wenzhi was not too excited. Wangshan runs a dead horse, and vice versa is the same. At this time, the two of them are on the mountain, and the distance from the place where the smoke is cooking will not be less than half a day, and they will sleep on the mountain tonight.

But with the smoke of the cooking, it means that there is a village ahead, and the hope in front of them still makes the two happy.

To the delight of the two, there was also a hare not far away, with a fat body. The two of them held their breath and slowly approached, hoping to catch it.

The sound of the hay on the woodland squeezing was small, but it still disturbed it. Conspiracy turns into a conspiracy, and assassination turns into roundup.

Although General Gao is agile, he is much worse than a hare. Sima Wenzhi's action was even worse, and after some siege, the hare burrowed into a hole not far away.

The roundup failed and turned into a siege.

The two of them waited quietly not far from the entrance of the cave, hoping that it would come out again. At the same time, General Gao held his waist knife in his hand, ready to kill with one blow.

The three holes of the cunning rabbit, the hare has not come out of this hole for a long time, and the two of them are becoming more and more impatient.

An hour later, the sky grew dark, the plan changed, and the siege turned into a siege. General Gao used his waist knife as a hoe and began to dig the hole.

But this was only an act of anger on his part, and the hare had run away, and even if it was still inside, and the hole was so noisy, it would not come out.

But the assault was not for nothing, and a hibernating snake became a fish in the pond.

Sima Wenzhi has no interest in it, the snake is a close relative of the dragon, and the heirs of the royal family do not eat snake meat. Knowing that Sima asked if he didn't eat snake meat, General Gao was very interested and put it back.

After many tosses, nothing was found, and the things cooked on the fire were still grassroots and the like, not the minced meat that I had hoped for.

Sima asked him to eat, and the taste was the same as chewing wax.

It's not that what he cooked is too different from before, it's that there is too much difference in his heart. The gap comes from hope, from disappointment, from memories of the past, and from confusion about the future.

"General Gao. ”

The past and the future are illusory, and what needs to be faced now is reality. After a moment of distress, Sima Wenzhi came back to his senses and opened his mouth to call.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?" General Gao heard and immediately responded.

Sima Wenzhi originally wanted to discuss something with General Gao, but when he heard his response, he had a new consideration in his heart.

"General Gao, don't call me Your Highness in the future. Sima Wenzhi said directly.

"There is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and etiquette cannot be confused. General Gao did not answer and politely refused.

"You and I are fugitives now. Seeing that General Gao couldn't understand, Sima asked and reminded him euphemistically.

"No matter what his identity is, His Royal Highness is still His Royal Highness, and he is the prince of the Jin Kingdom. General Gao responded, again refusing.

"The title of 'Your Highness' is easy to expose you and me. Sima asked helplessly and reminded directly.

"Humble command. General Gao finally agreed

"General Gao can call me by my name in the future, and if you can't adapt to it, you can call me 'Gongzi'. I won't call you General Gao anymore, how about changing it to "Uncle Gao?" Sima asked Zhi to express his thoughts.

After hearing this, General Gao agreed.

"Gongzi" is still an honorific title, and there is no violation of etiquette; "Gaobo" is not an honorific title, but a common name for the young to the elderly. He is older than the current emperor of the Jin Kingdom, so it makes sense to arrange it like this.

"Childe, can you travel overnight today?"

After a while, General Gao was anxious to find the village and asked Sima Wenzhi for permission. At this moment, there are traces of peasant activities in the place where the two are located. Although the trail is still rough, the further you go, the clearer and clearer it becomes, and there is no longer too much danger at night.

"What Gober said is exactly what I think in my heart, and there is no need. Sima asked in agreement and happily agreed.

The moon and stars are scarce, and although it is cold to walk at night, I can't bear the heat in my heart. After walking for half an hour, the two of them saw a shadow on the wooden stake on the side of the road a little farther away, and although there was moonlight, they could not see clearly.

"Who?" asked in a trembling voice, coming from the shadow on the stake.

The other party spoke first, and Sima Wenzhi's heart was slightly calmer after hearing it. Walking at night, the shadows and buildings on the side of the road are all like ghosts, and they can ask questions, indicating that the other party is not a ghost. But he was still worried in his heart, although the other party was not far from the village he saw during the day, and it was still half a day's walk, it was not normal to stay here late at night and not go home.

"Uncle, it's a boy, I forgot the way down the mountain when I went up the mountain during the day. Sima asked in response, and then walked towards the shadow with General Gao.

On a stake sits a half-aged man dressed as a woodcutter.

The man looked at Sima first and asked, with a doting look on his face. looked at General Gao again, and his expression changed from doting to palpitation.

"Frightened the old man, how offended. ”

There must be a reason here late at night, and it is too abrupt to take the initiative to ask. It is better to be obedient than to ask, and after taking the initiative to confess, Sima asked and waited for the half-old man's reply.

"Childe doesn't need to accuse, I've been here these days and nights. The half-old man replied, not saying why.

"Huh?" Sima asked, puzzled.

"The family is in dire straits, and they have not hunted livestock in recent days, and they cannot return home. The half-old man explained that the reason was unbearable.

The Master taught "Three Obedience and Four Virtues", and it seems that this person Ling Zheng is not a believer in the Master. But this kind of thing is very common, if it weren't for Sima Wenzhi's old ancestor fearing guilt, it wouldn't have caused Jia Nanfeng to cause the Eight Kings Rebellion.

Sima Wenzhi had no intention of snooping on other people's privacy, and after asking this person about the way to the village, he left with General Gao.

"Not far from here, old man, my son-in-law and I once saw a hare, very fat. Before leaving, General Gao pointed to the road from which he had come and pointed to the half-aged man. For the hare, the resentment in his heart has not yet dissipated.

"Uncle, there is a hole that has been turned over, there is no need to move again, there is no living creature in it. Sima Wenzhi was worried about the hibernating snake, and when he heard General Gao's words, he hurriedly added.

The shortcut that the half-old man said was not easy to walk.

The more they moved forward, the more difficult they felt. What made the two feel even more difficult was the mountain wind. The mountain wind blew the branches of the trees in the distance and swayed wildly, disturbing the minds of the two. From time to time, there was a "click" sound of the branches being blown off, which also made the two feel terrified.

The mountain winds are getting stronger and stronger, and it is gradually becoming impossible to walk at night. As they walked, they searched for shelter, and after walking a few hundred steps, they came across a cave.

The cave was not tall, but it was very deep, and the further you went, the narrower it became, until General Gao bowed down and could not move forward. Seeing this, the two retreated to a wide place at the entrance of the cave.

The fire fold that was made before was still available, and General Gao searched around for dry firewood and weeds to make a fire. As the fire folded up, two green dots lit up a little in the distance.