My Taoist buddy has practiced surrogacy

Chapter 228
When the two came to the inner hall, Xin Hui continued: "Look, Company Commander Qiao, if we lure the refugees from Guanghan and let them capture Deyang County, Xi Wei and others will die in the hands of the refugees. We didn't do it. In this way, our lives are saved, the lives of our family members are saved, and your Gao Junhou doesn't have to take responsibility for this matter."

"But we managed to kill the refugees. We are enemies with them." Qiao Feng couldn't accept it for a while.

"Cut, there is no enemy who is not an enemy." Xin Hui continued: "At that time, we will make an agreement with the refugees that Deyang City will be given to them to occupy, and then we will flee to Jingzhou together. Speaking of outsiders, it is said that Xi Wei's men have The Western Army colluded with the refugees and opened the gate of Deyang City at night, and we were defeated in battle, so we retreated."

Seeing Qiao Feng walking back and forth in the inner hall with his head in pain when he heard what he said, Xin Hui couldn't help but cast admiration for his father's plan.Under such circumstances, Qiao Feng could only follow the route designed by his father and follow the Xin family.The Xin family was like getting such powerful servants for free, and even if they went away to Jingzhou in the future, with the guards of these people, ordinary people would not dare to bully them.

"Refugees have occupied Deyang, where are we going?" Qiao Feng looked up again with confusion in his eyes.

"We decided to flee to Jingzhou. There is my father's old story there. Captain Qiao, you also go with us. Otherwise, if the news gets out, you will not only harm yourself, but also your family. Gao Junhou."

In the prison in Deyang County, Huo Yan sat on the wet ground with his shackles and hair disheveled.There was a smell of feces and urine mixed with mildew and decay in the cell, which made people want to vomit.

Since the defeat and capture that day, some of the prisoners were handed over to Xinran by Zhou Xing at Xinran's request, while the other part was escorted to Wuyang County, and then sent to the station by Wang Zhan.The food in the cell is of course very poor, there is only one meal a day, as long as you don't starve to death.Huo Yan was originally a strong man weighing almost [-] catties, and he was imprisoned in the cell for only a month, and he was already hungry and skinny, and he looked weak every day.

But three days ago, he was surprised to find that his meals had become much richer since the early morning.The big white rice is full, and the dishes also come with three servings.

"Is it time to be beheaded for public display?" Huo Yan thought in his heart, but after so many days of starvation, how can he manage these things? Let's eat first, and then we can't go there to be a starving ghost .

After eating like this for three days in a row, Huo Yan finally felt that he had recovered five or six percent of his former strength, and his face became rosy and no longer as yellow as it was a few days ago.In the state of the previous few days, even an ordinary jailer could not beat him.Then there are monks, whoever has been hungry for so many days without a trace of strength in his body is almost the same as ordinary people who have been hungry for so many days.

There is no difference between day and night in the prison, he had just finished his meal today, and was about to curl up in a corner and sleep like in the past, when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside.He opened his eyes and looked, first saw a fire coming from there, and then several figures appeared and walked towards him.

After spending a long time in the dark, he suddenly couldn't bear the bright light of the torch, so he couldn't help squinting his eyes.Although he didn't know the person in charge, judging from the other person's clothes, he also knew that this person was Xin Ran, the prefect of Guanghan County.

"Mr. Xin actually came to send Huo on his way in person?" Huo Yan looked at Xin Ran who walked into his cell and said, "Should Huo be flattered? Or should he be honored?"

Xin Ran smiled slightly, waved her hands to keep the followers away, and then said, "Huo Yan, you were originally a sergeant of the imperial court, but you had to join Jian Shuo as a refugee because of the Chaos of Zhao Min. The government deeply regrets for you.”

"So Lord Xin wanted to recruit me?" Huo Yan said coldly when he heard a slight movement in his heart, but there was no change on his face.

"It's not about surrender." Xin Ran shook her finger at Huo Yan and said, "It's about giving Deyang to you."

"What?" Huo Yan was used to seeing all kinds of weird things in the world, and after hearing this, his face turned pale with shock.

"To tell you the truth, the Jingjia Army of the Bo Dao common people in Deyang City caused me great disaster and killed Xi Wei, the governor of the Liangyi Second Prefecture Army who came to inspect. I can't take this responsibility, just like you did at that time, could it be Do you want to just sit and wait to die?" Xin Ran's face had already changed into a serious look at this time, "Then I can only run away overnight."

"What about the elite army of the common people of Bo Dao?" Huo Yan couldn't help asking.

"They're still in the city." Xin Ran said, "Because of their strength, the old man has calmed them down for the time being."

"What does this have to do with me?" Huo Yan's mind was spinning rapidly.He knew in his heart that pies would not suddenly fall from the sky, and Xin Ran came to him because he wanted to take advantage of him.

Seeing the other party's uninterested expression, Xin Ran sneered and said, "To tell you the truth, I will leave Deyang immediately after leaving this cell. Before leaving, I feel that you and I are in a similar situation, so I sent this out." Kindly release you and others. To tell you the truth, today is the only chance for you captives. The more than 100 people in the Bodao Common People’s Jingjia Army are sleeping soundly at the moment, and there are already piles of flammable materials outside their courtyard walls. But if you don’t burn them to death, the government will not take action. If you Huo Yan is willing, then take your people out to burn them to death and occupy Deyang City. If you don’t want to, hehe.”

Hearing this, Huo Yan's face finally changed, and he asked, "Do you have weapons, bows and arrows?"

"It's ready for you."

"Okay." Huo Yan said loudly: "Although I, Mr. Huo, don't know what your majestic Mr. Xin's family is planning, but both left and right are dead, and I will do it."

Speaking of this, Huo Yan stared at Xinran for a while, and then said: "Today I know why I can't be an official. You officials are so shameless that you don't pay for your life. The Bodao common people's elite army is good or bad I came here to help you defend Deyang City, but you have to end up like this. I, Huo, don't understand."

"Hahahaha," Xin Ran laughed a few times, "You just need to understand that I gave you Deyang City for nothing." After speaking, under Huo Yan's complicated eyes, Xin Ran strode out.

Two hours later, outside Deyang City.The sky was already a little brighter now, and Xin Ran, who was riding on a black horse, stopped and looked at the tall and majestic Deyang City, with an indescribable look in her eyes.

There was a sound of horseshoes, and a group of people came to Xin Ran from the city, and the leader was Xin Hui.

"Everything is done?" Xin Ran asked lightly.

"Everything is done. None of Qiao Feng and the others escaped from the sea of ​​flames." Xin Hui replied, but with a look of unbearable expression on his face, "Father, I don't understand why they want to kill them all like this?"

"As long as they are alive, they will always leak the news. Only the dead will keep secrets." Xin Ran's face remained unchanged, and she said to Xin Hui, "Send someone to tell Xu Shijun, and say that the Bodao common people are fine soldiers. There was a fight with Xi Wei over your sister Xin Wan. Qiao Feng led the people into the city without authorization and killed Xi Wei and his party. The great hero of the national traitor Shen Xiu, go and memorize it. Bring my letter of resignation together with the prefect’s seal to that envoy Xu, and we will leave Shu and this chaotic land.”

Yufu County, Badong County, also known as Baidi City, is the location of Qutang Gorge, the first gorge of the Three Gorges. It has been the natural dividing point between Yizhou and Jingzhou since ancient times.After the mighty river gathers the Fujiang Jialing River and other tributaries in Berkshire, the water is even more majestic. When it reaches Qutang Gorge, the river suddenly narrows, making the water of the river roaring and roaring, which is daunting.

The poet has a poem that says: Baidi Gao is the town of Three Gorges, and Qutang is dangerously close to Bailao Pass.

Xin Ran and his party of more than 100 people came to Baidi City after a five-day journey. They joined more than 400 people who had come here earlier. I came to the riverside ferry early and waited to board the boat.

"It takes less than a day to take a boat from Baidi City to Wushan County, which is the border of Jianping County in Jingzhou. From Wushan County, it takes another two days to reach Yiling County in Yidu County, which is where the first Shu merchants lived. The place where the Lord was defeated by Lu Yi, the general of Eastern Wu. The destination of our trip is there. The prefect of Yidu was a county magistrate under my father when he was the prefect in Jincheng County, Liangzhou. The magistrate of Yiling County is also you My cousin. With the two of them taking care of them, we won’t have a problem staying there.” Xin Ran stood by the river, watching the entourage busy carrying things onto the boat, and talking to Xin Hui and the others beside her. "Dong Zhuo was in chaos at the end of the Shang Dynasty, and Emperor Xuan's brother also led the whole family to leave Wen County, Hanoi for Liyang. Although we are far away from our homeland, luck and misfortune depend on each other in this world, and we don't know that moving far away is not a good thing... "

"Good thing? Xin Ran, you've done such evil that you still want to leave?" Just as Xin Ran was talking to the people around her, a voice came from the upper reaches of the river.

Everyone's expressions changed when they heard the voice. Looking in the direction of the voice, they saw a bamboo raft on the river in the distance coming towards this side at high speed from the upper reaches.There was a man standing on the bamboo raft, holding a penny in his hand, his face could not be seen clearly from a distance, but at such a long distance, when the strong wind in the valley howled and the waves on the river were rough, it was still clearly heard by everyone. Human cultivation is deep.

"It's Gao Junhou." Xin Wan had a look of surprise on her face. She was arranged to leave Deyang City early that day, and she didn't know anything about what happened in the city afterwards.As soon as she said this, the faces of Xin Ran and Xin Hui turned pale.

"Xin Hui, take your sister aboard first." Xin Ran said decisively, "The others are ready to meet the enemy."

When he learned that Deyang City was occupied by refugees and that the Bodao civilians in the city had not escaped even a single person, although Zhou Xing knew that there must be something wrong inside, but he had no relevant information. Although he was anxious, But there is nothing to do.It wasn't until two days ago that Duan Yu, who had not recovered from his arrow wound, rode back to their camp in Jiangyang that he didn't know what happened in Deyang City.

After Xin Hui left, Huo Yan quickly put out the fire, but the Jingjia army of the Bodao common people was almost wiped out at this time.Only some of the seriously wounded who were shot down by bows and arrows were the first to rush out in the fire.Duan Yu's physique is extraordinary, and he managed to survive tenaciously when he was hit by five arrows.After two days of recuperation, I was able to get out of bed and walk around.Huo Yan immediately sent someone to send him back to the camp where Zhou Xing was.

After hearing Duan Yu finish his story, Zhou Xing was furious.He would never have expected that people's hearts could be so bad.Just to avoid punishment for himself, so many innocent people and even those who rescued and helped him were framed to death together.

He was so angry that he swore that even if he went to the ends of the world, he would kill Xin Ran to seek justice for Qiao Feng and the others.

Xin Ran looked at the little bamboo raft approaching like a flying arrow, feeling both puzzled and astonished.From the aura of the other party coming so far, he could feel the other party's belief that there was no turning back.He didn't know that there was a problem with Huo Yan, and Zhou Xing knew so quickly that he was behind the scenes to direct all this. He didn't have time to think about this problem now.What he wondered was that a majestic Tinghou dared to come to revenge alone for the sake of hundreds of subordinates.

These days, human life is worthless, let alone the lives of civilians.

The lives of civilians are worthless, but the life of this Marquis Ting is.He is not only the great hero who killed the national traitor Shen Xiu, but also the son-in-law of the Jinyang royal family.And the governor of Jingzhou is still a member of the Jinyang royal family.

It was just such a hesitation, he didn't immediately order the monks around to shoot at Zhou Xing, just watched Zhou Xing jump off the bamboo raft and rushed towards him.

"Marquis Zhou," Xin Ran frowned and said loudly, "You and I are honorable, why should we fight to the death for a few commoners? I, Xin, made a mistake in this matter, and I am here to apologize to you. You If you have any conditions, just ask, Xin will never say anything."

"Apologize?" Zhou Xing looked at the other party as if it was a matter of course, and the anger in his heart burned even more.He didn't understand why things related to the lives of so many people were so insignificant in the eyes of the other party. "If an apology is useful, what do you need a sword for? Xin Ran, go underground and apologize to them yourself."

"You surnamed Zhou, don't try to bully others." Xin Ran also said angrily at this time: "Don't think that you are the son-in-law of the Jinyang Wang family and I dare not touch you. Are there so many of us still afraid that you will fail alone? I advise you You'd better think twice before acting impulsively, otherwise everyone will hurt each other at that time, and it will not look good."

"What are you talking about so much nonsense?" Zhou Xing sneered, stepped forward, and stabbed Xin Ran with a three-foot-long penny in his hand.

This penny came so fast!
Xin Ran hastily stepped sideways and turned around, and at the same time swung the sword in her hand to slash at Penny, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Just shoot the arrow, just don't shoot him to death."

(End of this chapter)