Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 29
Hot Spring Villa.

After waking up overnight, Gui Chao and his group found that they had been left behind.

The three villagers who waited on them disappeared, replaced by an ox cart in the yard.There are millet cakes, jerky and other food, as well as charcoal, herbs and other materials piled up on the bullock cart.

Wen Shu circled the bullock cart, cursing and swearing.He woke up in the morning and shouted for a long time, but there was no one there. It turned out that all the savages had run away.

Lu Nu and Uncle Hu were busy in the kitchen for a while, and everyone had a hot breakfast.

Some people kept complaining and were reprimanded by Gui Chao.

Returning order: "Get ready and set off after breakfast."

There are a total of 27 of them, only one ox cart, and they can only sit in turns.

A few who just recovered from illness got into the cart first, and the coachman, Pang Gan, led the cattle in front, while the others walked, and they started on the road like this.

The space in the car is limited, dry food and other packages cannot be lost, and the people in the car can only hold the packages in their arms, even carrying a package of medicinal materials when returning home.

Uncle Hu walked beside the car, always paying attention to Gui Chao, hesitant to speak.

Gui Chao saw through Uncle Hu's mind and said, "Do extraordinary things in extraordinary times."

The speed of the bullock cart is not fast, and we have to stop and rest on the road.

Gui Chao and his party walked for a day and a night, and finally arrived at the border at around noon the next day.

Going back to the court to hold the official order of the country, he led the people straight into the camp.

Stationed on the border between Hu and Hua is Hu State Sima Suzhan.

In Sima's tent, Gui Chao and Su Zhan sat up and down, with Lu Nu accompanying them beside them.Everyone else went down to rest.

Su Zhan has not yet recovered from the blow of "subjugation".

Gui Chao took the wooden box from Lu Nu and put it on the case table.The box contained most of the gold, silver and jade articles they carried.

"I can't stay here for a long time. Some things can only be entrusted to Sima. There are some vulgar things in it. Sima has worked hard to convert them into money and distribute them as soldiers' salaries."

Returning to the court means disbanding four thousand soldiers on the spot, and letting the soldiers go home with money.

Su Zhan looked at the things in the box, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and after a long silence, he still couldn't help asking.

"My lord, why don't you go back to the capital?"

"Zheng Jun has [-] elite soldiers, and we only have [-]. Such a disparity, how is it different from suicide?"

Not just the gap in numbers, but also the gap in the quality of the troops.

Zheng Guo's army has cultivated elite soldiers and strong generals for many years of fighting, while Hu Guo Anyi has almost no soldiers and generals who have actually fought in battle for many years.

Hu State has been weak in recent years, and its armed forces are far inferior to Zheng State.There is a big gap between the armor and weapons of the two soldiers.

It can be said that only three Hu soldiers can reach the

"We sacrificed our lives for our country, and we have no regrets even though we die."

"But I can't bear it, I have regrets, and I don't want to see someone die in vain again."

Su Zhan looked at Gui Chao, and seemed to see the shadow of Hu Guogong who had been martyred in him.

Hu Guogong and Sima Suzhan are both monarchs and friends.

Su Zhan has always known how trembling Hu Guogong is as a monarch, and he has heard Hu Guogong sigh and envy the lives of ordinary people countless times in private.

Guichao is very similar to Hu Guogong, from appearance to personality.

Gentle and refined, with a good disposition.

Such a person may really not be suitable to be the lord of a country in troubled times.

Go back to the residence that Su Zhan arranged for him.Uncle Hu has already made ginger soup and is waiting for him.

Going home is very tiring, from body to heart.After all, he had just recovered from a serious illness and was on his way overnight.

But he can't rest yet.

"Uncle, tell others that I plan to go to Hua Country by mountain road and hide my name."

"Young master, did you really give up like this?"

"I don't want to see people die like their fathers and queens."

Uncle Hu was silent.But for him, there is no need to worry about it, the choice of returning to court is his choice.

After taking a shower, I ate something, and then I fell down to rest in suspense.

There is no dream in the daytime, and it is not the time to wake up.

Gui Chao opened his eyes in a daze, and vaguely heard what seemed to be crying in his ears.

The one who weeps is the Green Slave.

Gui Chao got up and looked at Lu Nu: "Why are you crying? Zheng Ren is chasing you?"

"No," the green slave looked aggrieved, "They slandered the young master, I couldn't see it and quarreled with them, they bullied the slave because of the number of people."

"They? Who are they?"

"The red slave and a few guards."

Hong Nu was originally a court lady next to Zheng Ji, and fled with Gui Chao and others.Along the way, Hong Nu did not get close to the court, but walked closer to several guards.

Uncle Hu pushed the door in with the medicinal soup.

Lu Nu saw that Uncle Hu wiped his face quickly, and put away his aggrieved expression.

Uncle Hu glared at Lu Nu: "Don't help the young master get up and take medicine?"

Lu Nu trotted to the bed and helped Gui Chao to sit up.

Uncle Hu watched Gui Chao drink the medicine, and said, "My lord, don't listen to the instigation of the green slave."

"Where I have provoked, what I said is obviously the truth, but if I have false words, I will be beaten by thunder." The green slave swore to prove her innocence.

Uncle Hu wanted to reprimand the green slave, but he was stopped by Guichao.

"I know they resent me in their hearts," Gui Chao sighed, "I should have told them earlier that I have no ambition to restore the country, so I shouldn't have let them follow me."

"It's because they don't understand the good intentions of the young master." Uncle Hu said.

"Forget it, you go and tell them, I invite them to have dinner together to discuss the issue of living in Huaguo, if you want to come, come."

When it was time for dinner, four people came to look for Gui Chao: the coachman Pu Gan, Hu Sanlang, Wen Shu and Shen Wu.

The other three people didn't know what to think, but Wen Shu decided to follow him because he didn't know where to go.

The four guests, plus Gui Chao, Hu Laoshu and Lu Nu, had a boring dinner together.

"Do you have any luggage to bring?" Gui Chao asked the four guests.

All four shook their heads.

The coachman, Pump Gan, said again, "Can I bring the ox cart?"

"can."

After about a quarter of an hour, you will be looking for it.

"Young master, I am Su Cai under Sima's tent. Sima ordered me to escort you and others into the mountain."

Gui Chao actually planned to detour into Hua Country overnight.

"Why did you leave in such a hurry? Didn't you say goodbye to the others?" Wen Shu asked.

"I'm leaving, so Sima can do things better."

The seven of them stopped talking, carried their packages on their backs, and drove the ox cart into the forest under the darkness of night.

Gui Dynasty decided to hide his name, so he couldn't take the road to pass through customs and enter Huaguo.

"Bypassing this mountain and exiting the canyon to the west is the territory of Huaguo. After exiting the canyon, young master, continue westward. After walking about forty miles, you can see Jicheng."

Su Cai took two soldiers to lead the way, and told Gui Chao and the others what to pay attention to after entering Hua Kingdom.

"There is a canyon in front of me. It is inconvenient for me to move on, so I can only send you here."

"Those who worked hard."

Su Cai pulled Gui Chao aside, avoiding other people, and said, "Sima asked me to remind you, Lord Hua loves money, and if you want to do something, you can start with money."

"Please thank Sima for me."

In this way, the seven people returning to the court crossed mountains and valleys overnight, and quietly entered the country of Hua.

Because of returning to the court, he walked simply, and there was one less troublesome thing.

Some of Su Zhan's subordinates proposed to dedicate his return to the court to Zheng Guoren in order to obtain a new official position for Su Zhan, but Su Zhan refused.

(End of this chapter)