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Seeing that the monkey was full of complaints, Chu Huan smiled and said, "Since you know that the northwest is a place where dogs don't shit, why do you have to go to the northwest?"

"Brother, you can scold me, but you can't underestimate people. ±Apex novel," the monkey immediately said, "Look at you, didn't you also flee to the northwest? Why did you come here?"

Chu Huan chuckled softly and said, "I heard that the Northwest has implemented an order to equalize the land, so I want to go to the Northwest to see if I can get a piece of land. I used to farm for others. If I can have my own piece of land, then Stronger than anything."

When the monkey heard the words, he nodded and said, "Your words are not bad. It's just that I heard that the Northwest implements an order to equalize the land, and only the people in the Northwest can get the land. You are passing through the pass, so I'm afraid you won't be able to get it. But let's talk Come back, even if you starve to death in the northwest, it’s better than being killed.”

"Where did you come from?" Chu Huan said, "From your voice, it sounds like someone from around the capital."

The monkey said: "Who says it's not. Brother, I don't want to hide it from you because you are honest. I used to hang out in Jingcheng. I don't know if you know the Kuaishoutang in Beijing...!"

"Kaishou Hall?" Chu Huan was startled, then smiled and said softly: "Although I have never heard of it, but as the name suggests, there are a lot of masters!"

Houzi was very thick-skinned, and Chu Huan's words were sarcasm. He was not ashamed but proud, and said: "There were more than 20 people in Kuaishoutang back then, and they were all top experts in this field... Hey, that is already a thing of the past. Now the Kuaishoutang is afraid that there will be few people left. When those mobs rushed into the city, I happened to be not in the capital. When I rushed there, I saw the capital burning into the sky. After asking around, I found out that tens of thousands of refugees rushed into the city. Burning, killing and looting, many bandits flocked here...!" At this point, his eyes showed fear, and he smiled bitterly: "You didn't see it, although I didn't enter the city, but outside the city, I saw the bones Like a mountain, many people in the city escaped with difficulty, were caught up outside the city, and all of them were killed, if I hadn't played dead, I'm afraid their heads would have fallen to the ground."

Chu Huan's face darkened, and he said in a low voice, "Has the capital become such a mess?"

"Looking at you, I know you didn't come out of the capital." The monkey said, "You don't need to enter the city. You can see the fire in the city more than ten miles away. When I left, it had been burning for several days. , and it has not been extinguished. The capital was so prosperous in the past, but now it seems that it is really going to be burned... I don’t know how many people died in the city, and the burning smell inside can be smelled from a long distance... !"

"Then what is the situation now, do you know?"

The monkey shook his head and said: "I escaped all the way, but I heard that many Qin soldiers guarding Qinshui escaped, and then fought with the Taoists of Tianmen for several days. People say that the disciples of Tianmen Dao have already entered the capital, and the capital should already be under the control of Tianmen Dao." He couldn't help but said, "Brother, what do you say that the emperor knew that Tianmen Dao was rebelling, and why did he go to Hexi?" ? This is a good time, the emperor can't go back even if he wants to."

"In this case, why not go to Hexi for refuge?" Chu Huan asked: "The emperor is in Hexi, and there are soldiers and horses over there. Even if the Tianmen Dao fights through, there will be soldiers and horses blocking it."

The monkey looked left and right, couldn't help but spat on the ground, and said in a low voice, "Going to Hexi? That's not courting death. That emperor only knows how to practice Taoism. Over the years, people have been taxed heavily, and how many people sell their sons and daughters?" , When we get to Hexi, won’t we still be oppressed by him? How many soldiers can there be in Hexi? When we get to Hexi, if we make a fuss, we’ll all be dragged to serve as soldiers, so the ghosts will go there. The northwest side, although poorer , but the governor of Chu will not drag us all to fight. I heard people say that the governor of Chu is good to the people. live."

Chu Huan didn't expect that his reputation had spread to the pass. He was about to say something when he saw five or six men who looked like refugees coming from the crowd. Although their clothes were shabby, they were burly and tall. At first glance, they are not ordinary people, and their walking movements clearly bear the traces of soldiers.

These people seemed to be walking around in the crowd, but Chu Huan keenly noticed that their eyes were wandering around, as if they were looking for someone.

Chu Huan frowned, and turned his back. The monkey was about to say something, but Chu Huan ignored it and walked away. Seeing this, the monkey rubbed its head, but Chu Huan didn't bother him anymore. What he wished for, he quickly hid in the crowd. Chu Huan also passed through the crowd calmly. Occasionally, when he turned around, he found that there were more than just those people in the crowd. In many places, there were soldiers in disguise among the crowd. Shuttle, all looking for something.

Chu Huan quickened his pace and returned to a remote place where Meiniang and the others were. Seeing Chu Huan come back, Meiniang breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How is the situation? When can we leave the customs?"

"Xigu Pass has been sealed off." Chu Huan said solemnly, "Looking at this, just like what you guessed before, Meiniang, the prince should have sent someone to send an order to Da Xizhang to block the pass to prevent us from leaving the pass!"

Mei Niang raised her eyebrows beautifully, and said angrily: "That bastard, you are really amazing at what you do."

Looking at the towering and heavy pass, Qi Hong frowned and said, "My lord, Xigu Pass is the only way to get out of the pass. Once it is blocked, there is no other way to go out."

"It's fine if it's just to prevent us from going out." Meiniang frowned and said, "But I'm worried that the prince has other plans."

Chu Huan said: "You mean he wants to cut off the connection between the northwest and the pass?"

"The salt road between the northwest and the pass, Xiguguan is the throat." Mei Niang said: "We have salt in the northwest, which can be exchanged for money and grain when we transport it to the pass, but once this road is blocked, from now on, only a grain It can't be transported to the Northwest either... Brother Huan, there are still several months before the autumn harvest. I am afraid that the current grain storage in the Northwest is not enough to support the military and civilians in the Northwest. Even if it really lasts until the autumn harvest, how long can the harvested grain last? Xiguguan has been blocked, we can only starve to death in the northwest."

Qi Hong frowned and said: "If the crown prince wants to cut off the salt road in the northwest, even if it is blocked for three to five months, although it will bring pressure to the northwest, it may not be able to drag the northwest down. If you want to cut off the salt road to deal with the northwest, what should you do It will also be blocked for a year or so... Could it be that he really wants to trap the northwest for a long time? But in this way, what should we do in the pass? The southeast is occupied by Tianmen Road, and on the other side of Fuhai, King Qingtian and the Liaodong Army are fighting lively , the salt road will not be unblocked for a while, and the crown prince will not care about the salt shortage when the time comes?"

"How can he care about the lives of the people?" Mei Niang sneered, "He just wants to cause a famine in the Northwest and starve Brother Huan to death...!"

Chu Huan looked at the pass that was transported out, thoughtfully.

Mei Niang glanced at the queen, the queen was standing on the side, looking at the pass from a distance, she looked thoughtful, and couldn't help but said: "If I knew that Xigu Pass is so important, I should have taken it down early, this is the Northwest Pass. He holds the throat of the gate in his hands, and he can advance and retreat freely, but now, this pass is so steep, and the soldiers and horses at the end are all prepared, even if they want to fight now, it will be as difficult as climbing the sky."

Qi Hong hurriedly said: "Ma'am, that's not what you said. The governor of Chu is the governor of the Northwest, and the court did not take action against the governor of Chu before. If the governor of Chu rashly attacked Xiguguan, it would be a rebellion. If that is the case, Xishan and An The soldiers and horses in the city will definitely go to the northwest immediately, and the consequences will be disastrous, I'm afraid the salt road will be broken long ago...!"

"As long as you understand." Meiniang glared at Qi Hong angrily, looked at the queen, and said, "Empress, since you want to see your son in the northwest, you should find a way to get out of the customs. You will get out of the customs soon." Then you can see your son, otherwise this pass will become an insurmountable moat for your mother and son to meet each other."

The queen turned her head and asked back, "What do you think I should think of?"

"You are the empress, Da Xizhang, who is guarding the gate, of course you know about it." Meiniang said: "According to the logic, he should be your subject, if you let him switch and let him go, how dare he not listen to you? "

The queen just smiled lightly, did not speak, and still turned her head to look at Xiguguan.

Seeing this, Meiniang was a little annoyed, and said to Chu Huan: "Brother Huan, the queen is in our hands, let's take the queen there now, I don't believe that with the queen in our hands, Da Xizhang dares to attack us blatantly. "

Chu Huan said: "Da Xizhang doesn't dare, so the prince doesn't dare? Even if the prince cares about the queen's life, we may not be able to pass the test easily." Glancing at the queen, he said softly: "Compared with the prince, Xuanyuan Shao wants to kill me more Then quickly, the Xuanyuan family is the number one martial arts family in Qin, can you guarantee that Da Xizhang and Xuanyuan Shao have no relationship at all?"

"Da Xizhang was able to become the guard general of Xigu Pass because of Xuanyuan Pingzhang's recommendation." The queen did not look back, and said calmly: "In order to be the guard general, Huang Ju and Xuanyuan Pingzhang recommended it at the same time. Da Xizhang recommended by Xuanyuan Pingzhang...!"

Hearing this, Chu Huan smiled wryly and said, "It seems that our last hope is gone." Xiang Mei Niang said, "What if Da Xizhang sees us, disregarding the Queen's safety, and takes action against us? Even if Da Xizhang Not someone recommended by the Xuanyuan family, there is a certain degree of possibility, and now it is even more likely, if there is such a possibility, we can't take risks easily, not to mention that there is a hidden danger now."

Meiniang sighed, and said, "Then what should I do? If I knew where Da Xizhang was, I could have sneaked in and captured the thief and the king. Now I don't even know where Da Xizhang is...!"

"Since Da Xizhang clearly wanted to catch us, how could he not be on guard?" Chu Huan said, "If he is on the wall right now, can you still fly up? It's just wishful thinking to capture the thief and the king."

Meiniang stomped her feet and said angrily, "This won't work, and that won't work, so what do you think?"