This was an absolute beast and a bastard. I glared at him fiercely, wishing I could break free from the ropes, stand up and tear this bastard into pieces, even though the tip of the gun was always hovering in front of my face.
He also stared at me, but said nothing. Finally, he shot me in the ground to my right and ordered someone to drag me out.
I not only saw the initial expressions on the faces of the people who dragged me, but also their final fate. As soon as they threw me into a cell and took off my hood, in the blink of an eye, I saw the people who dragged me being stabbed to death from behind by several people who had caught up with me at some point. Then, their helpless and limp bodies were dragged away.
I don't know how to express the anger in my heart, a man stabbed his own father to death just for his own death. I also don't know how to express the horror in my heart, because this man killed people to silence them, obviously wanting to cover up everything.
This made me think of many things, but I suddenly realized that I really won't live long this time, so what's the point of thinking about all that? I thought about my life, and I wasted too much time, mostly playing around, and didn't learn any skills. But what would it matter if I learned anything? In the end, I still have to die.
But why am I so calm in my heart? Perhaps I chose this calm path myself. I saw the intention of this man, but I knew clearly that he was so vicious. But he had so many soldiers, even if he pretended to invite me, I could only follow him happily. If I had a little affection for this man, I would tell him why I had to do this. But I didn't say a word to this man, but if I had the opportunity to scold this bastard, I would be willing to give some reasons: that was a night, my brother did everything to save me; I will definitely do everything I can for my brother. So, I will die, even though it is really unfair to die in the hands of this beastly jackal.
That night was quite difficult, and I couldn't move much. It was very dark, and there was no wind in the prison. It was stuffy and hot, and I was sweating like taking a shower. My face was itchy from time to time, like insect bites, and I could only twist my body and rub my cheeks with my shoulders. I wanted to try to break free from the ropes, but I found that I was hungry and thirsty, and I couldn't use any strength at all. This was the first time I really suffered in prison, and the last time was just a change of special posthouse.
In the middle of the night, the cicadas outside were chirping loudly. I can still remember the time when I followed Yinling to catch cicadas, and then roasted them with Zishe, Ziyu and others. Yinling knew that the thing was edible and could be considered a delicacy, and that it had an irresistible fragrance when roasted, but she never ate it. She must have been afraid to eat it. She must have been a little afraid of this thing, thinking that the stomach of the cicada was dirty and very disgusting, but as long as it was edible and delicious, I had no scruples at all and ate as much as I could. Originally, Zisheng didn't dare to eat it either, but after he locked his brows, closed his eyes, had a stiff face, and ate one with his body straight, he rushed to eat it with us, regardless of any politeness. This guy who looked like a girl at the time was always the object of our ridicule, because his name was Zhong Wenjie, and I even called him Sister Wen with Zishe, but Ziyu didn't want to, because he was a few months older than Sister Wen. Speaking of "sister", I haven't used this title for a long time. The sister who was so tall before has now become a delicate wife in my eyes. People always have to grow up. I grew up from a child, a younger brother, and became someone else's brother, husband, and father. But as a father, I did too little for my Yi Yue. Maybe because I adopted him, I didn't pay too much attention to him and often forgot about him. And some people, who actually have nothing to do with me, I still find it hard to forget them. I still remember the flying snow on a mountain hundreds of miles away from here.
Thinking about so many things in my life, the dark and anxious nights became less difficult to endure. I even began to enjoy the memories.
But the memory was interrupted by footsteps, and then a ball of fire appeared with a familiar person. As soon as I saw his face and the thing in his hand, I knew that my time was up, but I just smiled and said, "Haha, you have a chance this time."
"Yes." There was a flash of cold light between his hands, and I felt a burning sensation on my chest.
I didn't die. The knife cut the rope on my chest, but it also deliberately cut a hole in my chest; or in order to cut my chest, the rope was deliberately cut. In any case, my description is correct. His behavior was definitely not to kill me by accidentally cutting the rope, or to cut the rope by accident to scratch me. But I didn't resist at all. I just shook off the rope that had been loosened on my body, ignoring the pain in the wound on my chest, and could only say lightly: "Thank you!"
"I'm leaving, come with me." He didn't thank me for my politeness, but just said calmly.
"Where are you going? Is there anywhere else you can go?" I still had some questions I wanted to ask him.
"Now that you're out, no matter if you die at his hands or he dies at yours, I can't stay here anymore. I'll... go north and find another place. I still have the money you gave me, and I have some savings on hand. I can find it. The method you taught me is indeed very useful... Anyway, we're even." He didn't continue listening to me, but only answered me with a meaningful answer at the end, then turned around and continued to lead the way in the dark with a torch.
"Thank you." Even so, I decided to remain polite.
I stood up with all my strength, thinking about what to do next. But the first thing I did was inevitable: follow his footsteps out. It was extremely dark, and the only hope of freedom was the fire. I could only follow him. This was an abandoned government office, and the walls around were all dilapidated. He extinguished the torch by the wall, and then disappeared by the wall. There I searched for a while and was sure that he had drilled out from a crack in the wall. I also tried hard to squeeze out from the narrow crack. Fortunately, the wall could withstand it, but the wound on my neck could not withstand it. When I stood up, touching my neck, it seemed like I was in a deserted village. There was no sound of people around, and then the sound of horse hooves passed by, but I was not afraid at all. There was no starlight in the sky that night. He extinguished the torch, and it was pitch black all around. He was always a moving and vague shadow. Once he stopped moving, I immediately found it difficult to be sure where he was, so I knew that I was the same in the eyes of others.
His last words were to me on the ground, "My voice is coming from the west. There are no people at the sentry posts at the border of Jingyang Prefecture. Most of them are at the construction sites, watching over the people."
My last words were murmured as he disappeared into the night: "Take care on your journey, thank you."
I don’t know if he understood what I said to him, or if he heard my last words, and I don’t know who I was talking to.
The night was dark and gloomy, and I was lost in thought, not only on the road but also in my heart. Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the broken leaves and grass on the road flew wildly. The withered grass that spread to the sky surged, revealing a ray of light in the southern sky, which finally made me make the final decision.
In fact, I didn't come up with a satisfactory answer, but there is one thing I am sure of, that is, I will not leave. And I want to be a rebel for once. I don't know if I will succeed, but I will definitely be one. I touched the wound on my chest, it was not serious, and there was no blood. I felt much more confident. Originally, this life was picked up, and it was a coincidence. Since God let such a person who has an inexplicable relationship with me to save me from birth, I must go into the dragon's den and the tiger's nest again. I am allowed by God, but it is not in my opinion. I really don't want to. In this stuffy and hot prison, I feel very uncomfortable, so I took off all my clothes and tied them around my waist. I opened my arms to face the wind, which was very refreshing.
I regained my composure and returned to the prison. I knew that I had never been able to keep my voice down, so I rushed in through the main gate. This time I didn't seem to wake anyone up. The man was still sleeping soundly. He should be a guard. Then, he died, and the spear beside him was in my hand.
There were only four guards inside—no one alive—at least when I left. Unfortunately, there were no horses in the stable, so I could only continue walking toward the fire in the southern sky.
Along the way, I heard the sound of horses' hooves from behind, galloping all the way. After a while, three horses appeared in front of me. I dodged to the side of the road, and with all my strength, I used the spear to trip the first horse, and knocked down the people on the two horses that were castrated. I was careful. I only killed the last one who wanted to escape. Another one had already fallen to death. I kept the one in the middle who was half dead - maybe he was scared or I beat him. I asked some questions and got some answers. Because I was very satisfied, I let him go.
That night, I was completely numb, not because I felt that the man humiliated me and insulted my self-esteem. The reason is very simple. I think there are some things that are recognized by the world: those who kill their parents for their children are hated by both humans and gods, and even animals are ashamed of it. How can wisdom coexist with them? Today I want to stir up a big fight. If I can kill that guy during the fight, it will be great. Afterwards, I think it was a bit risky and a bit ridiculous, but once I did it, I would never back down. In fact, if I think more about it, if I go to the northeast to find Liao Hua's troops, I should have a better way. But that night, I didn't talk nonsense, nor did I have any other ideas. All the actions were very clean and neat.
Originally, I might have just rushed in on my horse and become another beast with bloodlust. But by chance, I had some luck this time. I was finally not alone, and because of this, I did not become a villain who only knew how to kill. I think the most important thing is the latter, I finally returned to being a human being.
The bright line in the south became wider and brighter, so bright that I couldn't suppress all kinds of fantasies in my mind, as if I didn't know what was ahead.
At this time, a rather simple hut finally appeared in front of us. There were some torches around, which made it difficult for people to hide. I had to leave the horse far away and slowly hide in the grass. It was not what I wanted, because there were more than a dozen soldiers guarding in front of me. Although most of them were sleeping next to the thatched straw, there were still four or five people circling outside the hut.
I don't know what's hidden in the room, but I know what's next to me. However, we both did the same thing, covering each other's mouths at the same time - because I could clearly feel that the man seemed to be as nervous as I was, but he seemed to be full of fear. So I guessed that he was the same person who came here for a purpose as I was.
I nodded to him, a little hesitantly, but he nodded back to me, so we put our hands down, too.
I put my hand over and whispered in his ear: "What are you doing here?"
"My father and brother are in there. Who are you in there?" The voice belonged to a big kid, and he spoke in my ear. It seemed that he trusted me very much. Obviously, otherwise, facing a group of officers and soldiers, and a shirtless soldier lying next to you and chatting with you at the same time, it would definitely be a very unpleasant thing.
"My brothers and sisters." I said it calmly, lightly and clearly, as if it were real.
"You have so many relatives."
"Yeah, just you?"
"No, there are still the rest of our village."
"Where? I don't see them."
"They are all in the bushes at the back, but we only have sticks and cannot defeat so many soldiers. We have been watching for several days. It is very dark today and there is a high possibility of heavy rain. We plan to wait until they are all asleep, or go over and knock them out while the weather is low. Then rescue our people."
"How did they get locked up?"
"We don't know either. We went out fishing a few days ago in the morning. When we came back, all the young and strong men left in the village were gone. My brother told me that many soldiers came here to recruit people to build a palace for the emperor. I guess your brothers and sisters were also captured for this. Later, some of us followed them secretly and were locked up here. The rest of us men came here to see if we can rescue them. If we can, we can just move away. How were your relatives captured?" He seemed to have found a brother to whom he could complain. He became much bolder and talked more.
"It's similar to your house."
But they dared to come, which shows that these common people are very brave. I don’t know why they are like this. But listening to the last sentence, it seems that they have been wandering for a long time and are used to it. This is the so-called "rogue (here read meng)".
"Which village are you from?"
"Which village are you from?" How would I know which village I was from, and I didn't know how to make up a story to him, so I asked back.
"We are new here. A benefactor gave us money and asked us to fish by the river. So we built a village by the river and settled down there."
"Oh... look, damn, they seem to be changing shifts. Uh... and... damn mosquitoes." I didn't dare to move, so I could only scratch myself. Looking ahead, three or five people lay down, and three or five people stood up, and I felt even more irritated.
"You come here in the bushes and take off your clothes so cleanly. Aren't you looking for trouble?" He wanted to laugh, but couldn't.
"How many of you are there?"
"Thirteen."
"Thirteen? Thirteen and you're not going to fight?"
"Why are you speaking so loudly?"
"No, there are only a dozen of them. Now only a few of them are standing because they are sleepy, while the others are all half asleep. If we fight them now, we have a 90% chance of winning."
"I don't understand what you mean. I only know that they are soldiers and we are just ordinary people."
I didn't let him hear my answer. I just talked to myself, looking at the ground: "Aren't my brothers all civilians? Aren't the people they are fighting all soldiers?"
Tears soaked my eyes for some reason. I owed my brothers so much, so much. From Hanzhong to Mingzi, from the wilderness littered with corpses to the hills filled with graves. I wiped away my tears and said to the person beside me with a trembling voice: "I'm going now. If things go well, come with me, right?"
I stood up and smiled, wiping away the fresh tears from my eyes. I walked down the road, smiling, "Brothers, I will repay my debt to you with my whole life!"
They saw me, but they were all scared. I could read their minds. They tried to wake up others, but it only added a few more frightened people.
They nervously leaned on their weapons and watched a tall naked man walk steadily towards them. The first person who dared to come up to stop him, even thinking he could show off his ability, was hit by my stick and his spear handle broke into several pieces. That night, he and the brave men behind him never stood up again.
I picked up another spear and flattened the next brave man, also crushing the spear stick. So I planned to continue like this. Maybe I needed something to vent myself at that time, but I actually vented myself by killing people that day. At this moment, my swift and brutal blows must have scared my opponent, but these two full-strength blows made me lose the anger in my heart. I thought again that I must be so intimidating on the battlefield, otherwise how could there be so many rumors, and of course the teacher also had a great "contribution" in it. Maybe I can respond with a helpless smile, and then say: "I can't help myself."
All the officers and soldiers woke up, and they huddled together nervously. Everyone was very scared, even though there were many more people on the other side than me, even though I was the only one facing me, even though it was eleven to one. But at the same time, they were lined up like this, and it was difficult for me to attack, otherwise my ribs would be threatened. I could only stare at their dark faces in the backlight, thinking in my heart that if this dragged on for too long, it would become increasingly disadvantageous to me.
Suddenly, the hairband on the back of my head loosened and fell down, and a good breeze happened to blow in my face. I laughed in my heart, thinking that if I didn't use the good things God had given me, I would be ashamed of God. Then I roared towards the sky with the wind, as if I was a bloodthirsty wolf.
I let my hair fly behind me, swaying in the wind. There was a sudden flash of lightning and thunder. Maybe I was a little scared when I saw it from a distance.
After seeing this, they began to react hysterically and desperately. One of them, with the people behind him, knelt on the ground and wailed to me: "Who are you? Are you really the Xiezhi Immortal? I know the Marquis of the County did something wrong and arrested you, but you were talking and laughing as usual, so I knew you were a deity. We all know about you... But none of us dared to disrespect you. We are not bad people. We are soldiers who can only obey the orders of the Marquis of the County. We have never killed anyone!" This flattery made people feel a little flattered, but today I was able to stand on the ground without feeling flattered. Although the others did not all kneel on the ground, most of them had already begun to be humble.
"What's in the back room?" Since I was being worshipped, it would be best for me to act like one. With the tip of the gun pointing at me, I felt a little superior.
"Nothing much. Just some common people that the Marquis personally captured to build the Linjiang Palace for the Emperor."
"Release the people here, and you can go."
"This... this... none of these ten heads dare to do that. How can we afford to offend this Marquis?" The leader looked at the man lying on the ground, then looked at his brother next to him, and said to me in embarrassment, "If we dare, our whole family will die."
"It's okay, you won't die, but your original master will die. Lord Gao Yao and I, the man who killed his father today, should be torn into pieces and hung in the market." I started talking nonsense again.
"What? The old marquis is dead? Or was he killed by the marquis?" This news really horrified these touching people.
"Yes." I nodded confidently, without any pretense this time, because my heart was full of gnashing teeth. "He plans to put this crime on my head tomorrow and execute me in public, so that you and all the people on the construction site can see it. The meaning is that if you resist him, even gods will die. This time I leave like this, one of you will die. So, I need to stay and help you get rid of this disaster. The old county marquis told me that this palace will take several years to build, and that beast killed him. He wanted to complete it as soon as possible, so he captured so many people. In this way, there must be resentment from the people. I guess there are teams around here ready to rescue or rob people. But if you lose these people, I'm afraid you will die, including your family. Of course, you may also go to serve those corvée labor." I pretended to look around, and when I saw a certain place, I pretended to be depressed, and finally said, "I'm afraid the rescuers have come."
"This beast!" Suddenly a soldier gnashed his teeth and said, but he found that someone next to him looked at him, so he became quiet nervously, and then everyone was silent, and some people looked around vigilantly. The wind began to get stronger, but the voices of people suddenly disappeared.
"So what should we do?" As time went on, the crowd began to discuss and lose their rules. This was not what I wanted, and I knew that my plan had failed.
I knew the fire was not big enough, but there was nothing I could do. Looking at the helpless people in front of me, I gradually calmed down and thought that it would be a good thing if I could rescue everyone in this room tonight, and this was still a very difficult task at the moment. Fortunately, because of the two people lying on the ground who had already fainted, no one dared to do anything to me.
Things turned out to be a little bit better, and just like my rescue, it was all due to an incident in the fishing village a few months ago. Although I didn't see the incident, I have to admit that the man did help me before he left.
But when it happened, I was very nervous and gradually became afraid. Because it was a group of soldiers coming on horseback. I was afraid they were coming to find me, but I couldn't leave. If I left, I would feel guilty and have no excuse.
So I took a gamble, because I really couldn't give up this opportunity, and I told myself that I might not be able to escape anyway.
But I bet right, they actually came to find me.
"Is Lord Xiezhi here?" The leader, a man in full armor, looked at us, but his eyes were on me.
"It is me." Looking at his eyes, I was already wondering if it was impolite for me to be shirtless, but at this moment, I thought it would be better to remain like this without any words or actions to cover it up.
"Please, Lord Xiezhi, save us and our brothers' lives." The man suddenly didn't care about anything else, dismounted from his horse, and bowed to me.
I was completely confused, so I helped him up and asked him what was going on.
"Tonight, Mr. Xia told me that Lord Liu Mang killed the old lord and kept it a secret. He wanted to accuse you of this and kill all his close generals to prevent it from being leaked. What kind of person is Mr. Xia? Although he is a newcomer, he knows astronomy and geography, and is a person who listens to the lords. He is highly valued by the two lords. He is well-dressed and well-fed. He is second only to two people and above ten thousand people in this domesticated land. But he also wants to abandon this place. He must know that the lord may want to kill all the people."
This man might really be a rare "righteous man" in the world, but he couldn't distinguish between good and evil, and he was really on the wrong path. But in the end, he saved me and abandoned that man, which was also a righteous act, and he was a favor to me, so I am still very grateful to him.
"What do you want me to do, Mr. Xia?" I was very interested in his idea.
"He just went south along the way, asking everyone he met. When he met you, he asked us to follow you. He still needed you to guide us so that we could survive, and finally he asked us to follow you."
"Okay. Then you should release these people first."
The officers and soldiers who were originally on guard looked at each other and were still a little hesitant, but when they looked at the general, they heard the general shout, "Why don't you do it?"
"Master Xiezhi, if that's the case, we will follow you. Please don't abandon us." He made up his mind and his face became relaxed. I think the threat of death made him more nervous. Moreover, he seemed more willing to follow me.
"May I have your name?"
"Sir, I am also from Jingzhou. My name is Wang Wei. I and several of my brothers worked under Lord Liu Biao of Bingzhou. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, I was transporting grain when suddenly our food supplies were intercepted by traitors. I failed to perform my duty, and given the military situation at the time, I was sentenced to death. Fortunately, my brothers and sisters helped me, and my lord took pity on me, so I was spared and sent a letter of recommendation to ask me to come here." This man seemed to be a chatterbox. Once you ask him a question, he couldn't stop. His personality was really similar to that of the people of Jingzhou.
The door was opened, and someone slowly came out, looking at us uncertainly. Then I lowered my head and said to the soldiers, "You go." Let them walk slowly or run quickly, with some joy and some doubt on their faces. The brothers in the bushes behind also rushed out to greet their relatives, and some were still muttering behind them. These soldiers who were originally guarding this place have followed me wholeheartedly since then. I was still a little skeptical at the time. In fact, the behavior of this man named Wang Wei before and after was a little strange, but I didn't expect the reason to be even stranger, simpler and more plain.
The child who was lying with me looked at me, talked with the people who came out for a while at a distance beside the reeds, and then left. It was not quite what I expected, but it was acceptable.
I have forty-five soldiers under my command now, not counting the two injured ones - they are now lying in the house - and I don't know how long it will take for them to wake up.
They didn't know what I was going to do, but I did.
I have never fought a battle like this before. In my previous battles, I either had hundreds of thousands of people charging into battle, or I was the only one fighting alone, or I didn't give the battle orders. This time, there were forty-five of them, and although one of them was a general named Wang, all the ideas were definitely mine.
"Tell me all the situations here." I pulled General Wang to the torch, cleared a piece of open space and discussed with him on the ground using a broken gun barrel to find out where the mansion was, where the construction site was, where the military camp was, where the troops were, and where the people were.
"I've decided." I decided to give an order to end our conversation. "General Wang Wei, have a few familiar soldiers go to these outposts to inform them of Liu Mang's patricide, so that everyone will be relieved. It's called a reminder, but in fact it's to let them know what happens and then act accordingly. This time our actions will be much smoother."
"What about the others?"
"Using your connections, we will enter Xunyang City."
"Go into the city?" Wang Wei was quite surprised: "What do you want to do?"
"Remember to let your confidant tell the generals about the current situation. If someone caters to us, we will have a better chance." This matter is not obvious yet, so I deliberately continued the previous topic.
"Sir, what are you going to do?" General Wang continued to ask in surprise and doubt.
"If you want to live, if you all want your family to survive, then follow me. I have to do something for God, and after I do this, you won't have to worry." I deliberately exaggerated the seriousness of the matter, which was necessary at this moment.
“You mean…” It was unclear whether the man was really going to play dumb or was just not sure.
"Send him to see Lord Gao Tao." I acted as if I were really the Xiezhi, and my tone was quite sincere and relaxed.
"There are more than 500 soldiers in Xunyang City. If we go in and are discovered, we will be dead." After he finally confirmed it, he did not show much fear. He just discussed with me alone at a distance, wanting me to understand the situation we would face.
"I understand. Are you afraid?" I don't know whether he was afraid or not, but I was a little afraid.
"My life is either today or tomorrow. It doesn't matter. So I brought my personal soldiers with me." He shrugged, acting braver than I was in my heart. "I will greet the brothers I know in the city. I want to follow your plan. Even though they won't help us, they won't get in the way either."
"That's good." I nodded: "We need to explain the interests to them. We need to leave people to tidy up the construction site. Since the construction site is very large, there is only one sentry post in this place for transporting and stacking wood. But we must let our people enter from the main gate, then set fire here, and then leave far to the south of the river. Let them remember this road, because this way they will not encounter any sentry check. After setting the fire, many people will still suspect that it was caused by lightning..." Just after I finished, there was another flash of light, and a moment later, thunder rumbled. I looked again, and then I continued, "Even if it rains, as long as it can be lit, it must be done. The other party will definitely pay attention to the nearest way out first. Because the project itself is too large, there are problems with the dispersion of troops and poor assignment. Even if they think of it, it is difficult to pay attention to the most remote roads. Our people will definitely escape safely." I said this to the soldiers who were going to set the fire - although I didn't know who it was - to relax. This is the only way to cause chaos, and even if we fail, we have a chance to escape.
"We have to set the fire early and as soon as possible. Because the construction site is in the east, let a few more people hide on the hill west of the city. If there is no movement after we enter the city for an hour, we will call them setting fires and making noise, find a few drums to set more fires, and then we will wait for an opportunity to escape from the east of the city. If it rains, just beat the soldiers' drum. After entering the city, leave a dozen soldiers at the north gate and hide near the city gate. If we have to escape within an hour, when we reach the north gate, if anyone stops us, let them set fires and make trouble in the same way, and then rush out of the city with us. If we don't go through the north gate, let them find an opportunity to go out by themselves. After all, they are soldiers and can do this quickly. This is my plan, and everyone will follow me back to Jingzhou in the future. If it rains, it will be a mess in itself, so it will be even better, and the bigger the better."
"Everything else is fine, except this... How do you kill..."
"You have urgent military intelligence to report to the Marquis. Remember, it is the Marquis who is telling people to report, not the Marquis. Then, remember, I will be standing with the other soldiers with my head bowed behind you, and then cover my face with a helmet. Also remember, when this person asks why, you will find that all the jailers in the prison are dead, and you don't know who is imprisoned there, and you don't know who escaped. Ask what to do, and what to do? This is the best."
"Wang Wei, I accept your advice." After I said this, he even had some admiration for me. When I finally made my plan, his face was full of admiration.
The wind was getting stronger that night, and it seemed that there would definitely be a heavy rain, but strangely, the rain did not fall for a long time. When we arrived at the city gate, I and the others could only cover our faces together, because the strong wind was still blowing the flying sand and rocks inside and outside the city, making everyone so. Even so, we relied on Wang Wei at the door and went in without encountering any trouble. Those guarding the city were also blown away by this strange Xun wind. Maybe the sky is really helping me, or maybe I am really a Xiezhi. Wang Wei wanted to find a few familiar people to do some things, I nodded, but still added a sentence, asking him to solve it quickly, because if we delayed for an hour before entering the Marquis's Mansion, and disturbed the people left outside the city to set fire and beat drums, we would also be in trouble.
In fact, I still have some doubts about this man named Wang Wei. I always feel that everything is too coincidental, and I even wonder if Xia is the one who tricked me back. This made me feel torn in my heart while waiting. But I still want to believe it, because maybe this is my only chance.
Feeling anxious, I asked a soldier who used to live in Xunyang City to tell me about the situation in the city. When Wang Wei came back, he brought me some not-so-good news. It seemed that a colleague heard the news he passed on and refused to express his opinion. Or, he seemed to understand my intention and asked me if I should leave quickly. Seeing the tension on his face, I suddenly felt relieved. At least I knew I could trust him. Since the people around me could be trusted, I thought I could do everything I wanted. Disasters rarely come from outside, but mostly from within. So I left quickly and could not delay. He listened and hesitated a little, but did not express any opinions, and we left together. I became the leader along the way. At this moment, I had changed into a Shiwei uniform, not only to say goodbye to being naked at the beginning, but also because this piece of clothing really helped a lot later.
This was my second time here. I walked along the path that I had pretended to walk and was dragged out before, following the summoned General Wang Wei. A few taller soldiers were asked to stand with me, who was hunched over (incorrect method, "hunchback" has no verb expression), as a personal guard to prevent me from being too conspicuous.
But at first, the personal soldier "I" could only stand outside the hall, while Wang Wei sat inside, waiting for the beast to come out. The beast came out, as if nothing had happened, as if he had just woken up, his clothes were disheveled, and he asked the hall with some displeasure: "Wang Wei, do you have something important to ask me at this time? What is it?"
"My Lord, the old Lord... Lord is fine, I heard you arrested the Marquis of Ping An Feng Yun?" Wang Wei was calm, and his tone changed, as if he really didn't know about it. However, unlike what I mentioned, he knew it was me. But Wang Wei seemed to be quite trusted, because no one came to guard against us. There were only a few women holding lights in the hall, but there were two guards at the door of the hall who looked at us with disdain. The guards here, who were dressed more normally, greeted General Wang Wei and left without paying attention to us. Thinking that he was recommended here, I felt relieved. But soon I still had a bigger doubt, that is, why this person was so willing to follow a commoner like me.
"Yes, that's true." When he mentioned this, his tone became proud.
"You are imprisoned in the government jail in Xunjiang Town?"
"Oh, you went to see? There was not a single person talking there. All the prisoners had gone to build the Linshui Palace. There were only ghosts wandering around. Haha, that guy was scared and squealed like a dead pig." This person really knows how to have fun. A dead pig can't squeal, but when we see a cooked dead pig, it will squeal, and the smellier it is, the louder it squeals.
“No.” I suddenly felt that Wang Wei must be from Jingzhou. I thought he was also starting to tease that bitch on purpose.
"Is this guy still pretending to be a hero? Haha, maybe his pussy is already wet." Nonsense, I've tied you up since the afternoon, your pussy is already wet. This has nothing to do with whether you're scared or not, or whether you're pretending to be a hero or not, because you're tied up, I want to see how you relieve yourself, except using your crotch as a chamber pot, what else can you do, but I'm fine, I didn't drink much water that day, so no such embarrassing thing happened.
"There is no one left in the prison. All the jailers are dead. I was on night patrol tonight. I just heard something and wanted to go see what this person looked like. But I found this scene."
"What?" After he finished speaking, his tone became hurried and nervous: "This beast actually escaped. Did anyone save him?"
"I don't know either, but it looks like he broke the rope by himself and broke down the cell by himself." This is a big boast. The thing that was knocked down was actually used as a house, not a cell door or wall.
"Crash, collapse?" He was a little nervous. "How is it possible, collapse?"
"All the other walls collapsed, but one wall was still standing with a huge hole in it, as if a very tall and strong person had crashed into it." I didn't think the scene was scary, but rather a little funny, but I soon understood what it meant, "Call a tall person in, and I'll compare it to you. You can see if his is bigger. This person is really tall. There is definitely no one as tall as him in our team."
This Wang Wei is not bad, he looks more and more like our Jingzhou people, he is very smart and eloquent. This time, when he came in, a tall man came in, I had to come in without hesitation. I was close to him, and things became simple. I had already started to plan to pull out Wang Wei's sword, rush forward, and stab him through the heart.
But I didn't expect that bastard to say, "Tu Da, come in for a moment."
I could only watch in disappointment as one of the two thugs in front of me went in, while the other one continued to look at us with disdain. He muttered, "You two really look alike, so you must be Tu Er?"
"No, I'm Tu Si."
"Then why not call him Tu Er?" I felt that I was already in a bad mood. Since this road was not feasible, the worst that could happen was that I would talk to this fat guy, make him faint, and then rush in.
"I have two older sisters." When he answered listlessly, I was imagining the appearance of these two so-called sisters in my mind. They might look like these two people, but wearing women's clothes and with long hair.
"Eh—" I shuddered in disgust at my own imagination, and then I regained my composure and began to think about how to defeat them. These two were a head shorter than me, but several times thicker than me.
The wind started to blow again. Just then, a man with a sleepy face came running in and reported loudly from the corridor: "General Gaomi, the city defender, has urgent business to see the lord."
As soon as the beast finished saying "Let him in", Wang Wei informed me: "Ah, my lord, the ban on Gaomi is also because of the matter of Xiezhi. I encountered this matter and was not sure what to do. I happened to run into him when I entered the city. I talked to him, and he didn't say a word. He only said the last sentence, asking me to come to find my lord."
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the mansion was in a mess. The lights in the hall were swaying and flickering. Taking advantage of this sudden change, I was missing from the corridor. I was not scared away, I just went to help welcome General Gao.
But at that time, the rain had not yet fallen.