Hearing Mrs. Gao ask where the person who wrote the book came from, Zhang Nai carefully explained, which made Mrs. Gao's heart even more suspicious, and she asked Zhang Nai: "Did anyone ever say where Cao Cao is now?"

He refused to explain, only said that the words he brought could only be told to King Chuang alone, in case he could not see King Chuang, he could tell my eldest brother and the chief whistle Liu Ye that it was okay, and the books he brought would not be seen by others. ”

"Well, you go and let him in and meet me. Mrs. Gao wanted to test this person, and then instructed Zhang Nai, "Also, you immediately send someone Pegasus to inform King Chuang about this matter, and ask him to return to the old camp quickly." ”

The old farmer with a vicissitudes of life was brought into the house. Mrs. Gao looked him up and down a lot, and saw that this person was wearing a tattered jacket, his body was trembling slightly because of the cold, his hands were sleeved in his sleeves, and his face was full of wind and frost, and he was no different from an ordinary escapee, from the appearance of this person was about forty years old, and his right leg seemed to have a little problem.

"Where the hell are you from?" asked Mrs. Gao, who looked at him with her eyes closed, but did not let him sit down to roast the fire.

The stranger's mouth was closed tightly and refused to answer, with a slight smile on his face, and at the same time, his cloudy eyes glanced at Zhang Nai and the male and female soldiers standing in the room.

Mrs. Gao understood what he meant, and waved her hand at will to let everyone out, but Li Shuangxi refused to go out, he held the hilt of the sword tightly in his right hand and stayed behind the door. In order to completely reassure the stranger, Gao gently swung her chin and asked Shuangxi to wait in the courtyard, and then she came to the square table alone, sat down across a table from the stranger, and asked unhurriedly, "Now let's talk, what are you doing?"

There was a hint of clarity in the cloudy eyes of the visitor, and he stood sideways and said, "I am the next person sent by Cao Shuai." ”

"Where is Cao Shuai?" Gao's heart thumped, but she hid it well.

Cao Shuai had already led people to sneak to the nearby Kunshan Mountain, and now he was in the mountain, less than 200 miles away from Tongguan, and was trying to attract officials and troops to welcome King Chuang to Henan. The strange old farmer's back was straight, and he couldn't see the obscene appearance just now.

"How many men did he bring?" Gao wanted to know the situation of the other party, and she hoped that someone would look at the past and come to help.

"It is claimed that there are 150,000, but there are 70,000 or 80,000. "The person who came spoke very truthfully and did not hide it at all.

Mrs. Gao also learned that Cao Cao had recently led a mixed and miscellaneous team, perhaps with more than 100,000 people, so after listening to this answer, she vaguely felt that it seemed to be right, and she was secretly happy in her heart at this time.

However, she still looked at the other party with a stern look, as if she didn't trust this person's words, and then asked, "How can Cao Shuai have so many people?"

The stranger was a little annoyed by her cross-examination, so he sneered softly and said: "Cao Shuai himself only has more than 30,000 horses, but since the Eight Great Kings Zhang Xianzhong surrendered to the imperial court, many poles attached to the Eight Great Kings are now gathered around Cao Shuai's banner. In order to attack Tongguan to welcome King Chuang, Cao Shuai naturally led all his men and horses to come. ”

"Tell me, what kind of people are coming with Cao Shuai?" Gao has been with the army for many years, and almost knows almost everything about the famous people in the rivers and lakes.

The stranger angrily said the names of a dozen or so big leaders such as Hui Dengxiang and Wang Guangen, which was not bad at all.

Mrs. Gao asked this person curiously: "Since your Cao Shuai has seventy or eighty thousand horses outside Tongguan, can you hide the eyes and ears of the officials and soldiers?"

"Until the beginning of this month, our men and horses were still in the Yexian and Linru areas, and only a few days ago did they secretly rush west from the mountain roads day and night; until I left Cao Ying, the officers and troops of Tongguan were still in the dark. Yesterday I heard that thousands of his officers and troops were heading for the township, and maybe they got the news. The person who came to talk was not leaky, and occasionally burst into foul language, which made Gao more at ease.

"Where are you from?" the greeting was more like a homely gesture

"I am from Lingbao County, and Chongzhen voted for Cao Shuai in Mianchi County in the spring of the eighth year. ”

"The officers and soldiers along the road are very strict, how did you come here?"

"Groups of Shaanxi victims kept fleeing to Henan, and I mixed with them. ”

"How can it be so coincidental that we only came here tonight, and you found it?" the two men were talking, and Mrs. Gao's words changed sharply, and suddenly she asked a sharp question.

"It's been three days since I came to Luonan. There seemed to be no panic in the words of the visitor, and he spoke smoothly without thinking.

"Where is the nest?" was a slang for the time when it meant to hide, or say to be hiding somewhere.

"Twenty-five miles from here, Zhangjiazhuang is my sister's house, and I nest there. The attitude of the next scholar at this time became very respectful, and he almost answered Gao's questions.

"You are a Lingbao person, how did your sister marry here?"

"During the apocalypse, there was a drought in the Lingbao area, and our family fled to Shaanxi and sold our sister here. ”

Mrs. Gao was still not at ease with this stranger, and was about to continue the interrogation, when the stranger suddenly smiled bitterly, spread his hands and said to Gao: "Mrs. Gao, although a little person like me has never seen you before, I have heard of your name for a long time. Since you are so uneasy, I don't need to see King Chuang. I don't have to take out the book, I take it back in its original form and give it to Cao Shuai. ”

After saying that, he turned to leave, but he couldn't help but limp violently, frowning in pain.

Mrs. Gao knew that he didn't really want to leave, but the rivers and lakes still needed help, so she couldn't help but follow the movements of the visitor, looked at his right leg and asked, "What's wrong with your leg?"

"In the first three or four days, I chased after three or four villagers from behind, telling me to stop and search, but I didn't stand still, and I was hit by an arrow from these turtles and grandchildren......" he said and took a slight breath of cool air in his mouth

"How did you escape after being hit by an arrow?" asked Mrs. Gao again, still looking at him with disbelief.

"I rolled down the hillside, the grass was deep, and it was dusk, and the turtle grandchildren couldn't find me. Seeing that Gao still did not believe his words, the stranger untied the rag that was tightly tied to his right leg, pulled up the torn cotton pants that exposed the cotton wool, and uncovered the plaster on the calf, so that Mrs. Gao could see it, and said, "Fortunately, I didn't hurt my bones, it was two inches deep!"

Mrs. Gao had seen a lot of battles, and when she stepped forward to look, this person really had an arrow wound on his leg, and it seemed that the wound was not shallow.

Only then did she relax a little, smiled and said, "Please don't be surprised. You've never been here before, no one knows you here, and you know what you're doing, so I have to be careful. Even if King Chuang sent a living person to your Cao Shuai, Cao Shuai also wants to interrogate, please take out Cao Shuai's book. ”

(End of chapter)