Ni Chu

The group walked for more than ten days, seeing that they were getting closer and closer to Shangcai. When they entered Zhaoping County, Xiang Ye had a feeling that there seemed to be a person falling far behind the team, following them all the time.

"There are people following us, everyone be careful!" Xiang Ye rode on horseback and whispered to Mengsu and others beside him.When he was talking, his eyes kept looking at the shops on both sides of the street, as if he was very interested in the shops in Zhaoping County.

The team moved forward slowly, and the cart pulling Li You's body made a "creaking" sound. The wheels rolled on the road paved with bluestone, and bumped twice from time to time, shaking the coffin pulled by the cart from side to side. .

Xiang Ye turned his head and glanced at the coffin. The weather was hot. Although the coffin was covered with moisture-proof raw powder, the corpse water from Li You's body still soaked out, leaving a puddle of water stains on the floor of the cart. , faintly exuding a faint odor.

Passers-by passing by the team all looked at the coffin on the cart in surprise, some with sensitive noses covered their noses with their sleeves in disgust when passing by the cart.

More than 100 people walked slowly in the city. Zhaoping had been occupied by the Chu army long ago. When Yongqiu was captured, Xiang Ye had been promoted by Xiang Yu to be the same general as Long Qie and others. Only Shi Lei, although he fought bravely, Xiang Yu really didn't like what he did to seduce other women, so he ignored him and let him continue to be Xiang Ye's relative in front of his tent. soldier.

The highest position of the Chu army guarding the city is nothing more than a thousand households. Seeing a general come here, it is too late to slap their horses, so how dare they stop them in the slightest.

Among the people under Xiang Ye, Wei Feng has always been prudent in his work. After the team entered the city, he went to the front to arrange board and lodging for more than 100 people.

After walking more than half a circle in the city, Xiang Ye finally saw the horse that Wei Feng was riding. The horse was tied to an old locust tree outside the gate of a building, but there was no trace of Wei Feng.

They walked a little further, only to hear the sound of arguing in the building, and one of the voices seemed to be Wei Feng's.

Xiang Ye turned over and jumped off the horse, and walked towards the building with Shi Lei and Li Xinpeng.

Entering the building, I saw Wei Feng standing in front of the wooden case, arguing with the manager of the building standing inside.

"I want to book all the rooms here, and it's not that I won't give you money. How can there be any business like you? After seeing the business, you want to push it out?" Wei Feng obviously spent a long time here, and Xiang Ye came in. At that time, Wei Feng's face had become a little ugly. He pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, seeing that if the shopkeeper refused to let them move in, he would draw his sword and chop the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was trembling with fat all over his body, looked at Wei Feng tremblingly, and said with a pitiful face: "Officer, it's not that villains won't let you stay, it's just that the master has ordered, if you come, You must not be allowed to live here, the master has other arrangements!"

"Bullshit!" Wei Feng was really angry now, he drew out his sword, and slashed at the wooden case in front of the shopkeeper, a corner of the wooden case was instantly sent flying by the long sword.

The strike of the sword made the shopkeeper's legs limp in fright, and his crotch loosened. A foul-smelling liquid jumped from between his legs to his crotch, dripping all over the floor.He was limp on the ground, like a steamed meat bun piled up in a pool.

"Hurry up and prepare the room, if you slow down, I will tear down your shop!" Wei Feng shouted, holding a sword hilt, staring at the shopkeeper who was limp on the ground.

When he fell out with the shopkeeper, a patrolling Chu army ran outside the store. The Chu army wanted to rush into the store to see who was making trouble, but when they arrived at the door, they saw a general in the store getting angry and approaching. At the door, there was another general with gloating face and hands behind his back watching the good show.

The Chu soldiers were dumbfounded, they wanted to step forward to stop the angry general, but they didn't dare to bear the charge of disrespecting the officer, so they had to stand at the door and look at each other with embarrassment.

Xiang Ye heard the sound of running at the door, turned his head and glanced outside, and happened to see a group of dozens of Chu Jun standing outside the door with his head poked into the shop.

He smiled, took two steps forward and patted Wei Feng on the shoulder and said, "Forget it, they open a shop, we stay in the shop, they don't let us live in, we just change to another one, there is no need to get angry with them."

Seeing that Xiang Ye came forward to persuade him, Wei Feng couldn't say anything more, he thrust his long sword into the scabbard, snorted angrily, turned around and followed Xiang Ye to the door.

"You two, please stay!" The four of them were about to step out of the store when a person turned out from the inner hall of the building and shouted towards their backs: "My master asked the villain to wait for General Xiang Ye here. Who is……?"

Xiang Ye and the others turned their heads and looked at the person who was calling them from behind. They saw that the person was dressed in deep cloth and was about thirty years old, with a pair of slightly narrowed red phoenix eyes shining with shrewd brilliance. His lips made him look a bit honest and honest.

In Qin Dynasty, the clothes and fabrics were not as expensive as the dyes. Ordinary civilians could only wear pure white linen clothes. Those who wore dark clothes like this were either servants of officials or rich families. a member of

"Sir, I don't know who is the master of your house?" Xiang Ye was also a little dissatisfied with the building's refusal to allow them to move in. He turned his head and cupped his fists to salute the man in Tsing Yi and said, "Since I knew I was going to pass by here, Hiding the head and showing the tail is probably not what a gentleman does."

"I'm not a gentleman!" Before the man in Tsing Yi could reply, a crisp female voice came out from the back hall of the building. Following the female voice, a woman in a fiery red shirt came out from the back hall. He smiled slightly at Xiang Ye and said, "My family is a little girl, so why do you want to be a man?"

"Sister!" After the woman came out, Xiang Ye's eyes widened and he yelled. He walked forward in three steps at a time, and grabbed the woman regardless of other people in the building. The woman's little hand said: "Where have you been these days? Why did you leave me alone in Xingyang without even saying hello? Do you know that many people will kill me after that? If it wasn't for your brother who gave birth to Yushu is facing the wind, I have a good-looking talent, those killers are all fascinated by my demeanor after seeing it, I'm afraid you won't see me at this time!"

The woman who came out was none other than Chi Xue'e who had left without saying goodbye in Xingyang. When Xiang Ye took her hand, she trembled slightly, subconsciously wanting to withdraw her hand.But Xiang Ye called out "Sister" immediately, and she felt a lot calmer in her heart, allowing him to hold her little hand, just looking at Xiang Ye with a foolish smile.

"Sister, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you are beautiful again!" Xiang Ye looked at Chi Xue'e's tender and white face and said jokingly: "In these days, you must have been harassed by wandering teenagers a lot, right?"

Chi Xue'e blushed with embarrassment, rolled her eyes at Xiang Ye and said, "I haven't seen you for a long time, but you have become glib. Even my sister dares to make fun of you, so you really should fight!"

"Hey!" Xiang Ye scratched his head in embarrassment, smirked twice, and then said to Chi Xue'e as if he remembered something: "By the way, sister, when I entered the city, I felt that someone was following me all the time. Is it someone you sent?"

Chi Xue'e smiled slightly, and replied: "That's natural, if you don't send someone to watch you, if you don't come here, go to meet someone's little lady, wouldn't it be hard to wait for my sister."

Hearing what Chi Xue'e said, the stone that had been hanging in Xiang Ye's heart fell to the ground. He let out a long breath, looking relieved.

"There are so many of you, and you have carried a coffin again, so it's really inconvenient to stay here." Chi Xue'e took Xiang Ye's hand, made him move closer to her, and said, "My sister has prepared a coffin in the city. There are quite a few rooms in the house, you all live there, if you are not in a hurry to go to Shangcai, how about spending a few more days with your sister here this time?"

Xiang Ye first nodded with a smile on his face, then looked out the door twice as if remembering something important, and finally sighed, and said: "I'm fine, but I don't know if Master Li can hold on." live!"

Hearing Xiang Ye mention Li You, Chi Xue'e sighed sadly, and said: "Master Li is a good man, and thanks to my brother's benevolence and righteousness, I sent him back to his homeland after a long journey. By the way, he is now in the house I bought. , there happens to be an acquaintance waiting for you brother, and there is another person I want to introduce to you."

"Oh? An acquaintance? Who is it?" Xiang Ye asked when he heard that there was an acquaintance, looking at Chi Xue'e suspiciously.

Chi Xue'e smiled at her and said, "He didn't want me to tell you, he said he wanted to have a good drink with you after seeing you."

Xiang Ye nodded, and a sharp brilliance flashed in his eyes for an instant, but the brilliance disappeared quickly, replaced by a harmless smile: "Sister, please lead the way, I think this friend is also my friend." Acquaintances, don't ask now, we will find out later."

While talking, Xiang Ye and others followed Chi Xue'e out of the building.The man in Tsing Yi who had called to stop Xiang Ye walked last with his head bowed, looking respectful.

After leaving the building, Xiang Ye greeted Mengsu and Bai Fu who had been waiting outside, and the two quickly led the team to follow.

"Sister Chi Xue'e, why are you here?" Meng Su came to Xiang Ye, and when she saw Chi Xue'e, she was stunned for a moment, and then asked in surprise.

Chi Xue nodded towards Meng Su, and said with a slight smile: "Miss Meng is here too, just now I was still wondering why I didn't see Miss Meng when I saw my brother, I didn't expect you to be waiting outside the store, I knew In this way, I will definitely not talk so many words with Xiang Ye in the building."

"Mengsu, my sister said that there is an acquaintance who wants to see us, and it must be someone we know very well." Before Mengsu could speak, Xiang Ye turned his head, gave her a wink and said, "Don't miss the meeting later." Courtesy!"