Enter Chang Xiangsi and help Jingzhai fight

I gave him a meaningful look and said, "It's hard to say, maybe it's when you're not here."

He sighed: "You are playing dumb again, I don't understand anything at all!"

I pursed my lips and replied, "If you are a friend, you are always welcome to eat the food I cook."

He paused, then covered his face with the scarf again: "Let's talk about it later, I have to go back! You have to give me a few more dishes after I'm done this time!" After that, he turned over and jumped out of the window, disappearing into the night.

I closed the window, but couldn't read the documents in my hand.

Walking into the courtyard, I looked up and saw the moonlight was dark red, and the night was getting darker.

"Why haven't you rested yet?" Tu Shanjing's voice sounded from behind.

I turned around and saw him standing at the foot of the wall in a black suit, turning around to look at me, making his exposed neck and face look very white.

"What a coincidence, are you looking at the moon too?" I asked him with a smile.

He looked up and said, "Hmm," and then he said, "The plan has been brought forward. Seeing that Yue Liang had a bad start and lost a great general who had fought side by side with him, King Xiyan ordered Xuan to come from Haoling nearby to help. He will be here in two days."

I wondered, "How did he get the King of Xiyan to send him? What about the Fifth and Seventh Kings?"

Tu Shanjing replied, "The fifth and seventh kings were afraid of death. They probably heard about Xiangliu and Gui Fangduan at the front and were too scared to come. Shi Ran was punished before and was still under house arrest in the mansion, so he escaped. Or maybe the King of Xiyan wanted his eldest grandson to have some military merits. In short, he found a way and came as he wished."

I asked him, "So...when are you going out of town?"

He opened his lips slightly: "The day after tomorrow."

I was just about to tell him to be careful not to get hurt when a shrill scream outside the yard broke the silence.

The temporary shelter is a requisitioned courtyard with many shanties built outside to house the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled who have nowhere to go. Most of the people living near this area are women and children.

Tu Shanjing heard the shouting and rushed out first.

I followed closely behind, and when I went out I saw a woman in a dirty brocade robe grabbing the hair of another small woman in plain clothes, crying, "Give me back my child!"

Tu Shan Jing stepped forward and waved his hand. A flash of light passed by and the woman in brocade robe was gently waved away.

"What's wrong?" he asked sternly.

When the little woman looked up, I saw an old acquaintance.

Sen Ying was covering her head at the moment. Seeing that it was us, she quickly wiped her hair and saluted: "Greetings, Second Young Master."

Tu Shanjing glanced at her and said, "No need to bow, I'm not your second young master."

At this time, the woman in brocade robes ran over to me crying and said, "She tricked my child away and exchanged him for food! This man knows her, I'm afraid he will side with this bitch!"

Tu Shanjing shook his head at her: "I won't protect her. Tell me, what's going on?"

Seeing his righteous face, the woman in brocade robe looked him up and down with doubt, and said in surprise: "Are you the son of the Tushan family?!"

When I heard that she also knew Tu Shanjing, I quickly looked at her carefully, and it seemed as if I had seen him before in her eyes and eyebrows.

She bowed and cried, "Master, don't you remember me? I'm Rou'er! Many years ago, Master protected us from Master Fan, and sent Changbao from your mansion. Later, I was with him... I married him, and Changbao told me that he was not doing well in Tushan Mansion, so he went north to Xiyan City to find a job. It was inconvenient for me to move around with the child, so I lived in my mother's house. The last time Changbao brought this bitch back, she was like a beggar, saying that they served the same master in Xiyan City, and they had made contributions but it was inconvenient for them to stay in Xiyan City, so they hid here first. I treated her to good food and drink, and gave her good clothes to wear, but I didn't know that during the siege, she had no meat and fish, and actually coaxed my child away! Master, you have to make a decision for me!"

When Tu Shanjing heard this, he raised his hand and a flash of light bound up Sen Ying, who was spinning around as if waiting for an opportunity to escape, and asked her sternly, "Where's the child?!"

Sen Ying licked his lips and smiled, "It's too late! We have been under siege for so long, we can stock up on grains, but we can't stock up on meat! People are in a panic, everyone is living from today to tomorrow, and everyone wants to eat more good food. But if you want to eat meat, you have to exchange it, one child for a piece of beef. I have eaten all the meat, and I am afraid that the child is now in someone else's stomach!"

My throat churned and I retched a few times. When Rouer heard this, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

The noise here startled several patrolling soldiers. They ran over and saw that it was Tu Shanjing and me. They bowed and said, "Sir, Miss, do you need my help?"

Tu Shanjing pointed at Sen Ying and said, "She used other people's children to exchange for meat. Come with me to find the whereabouts of the child! Also, issue an order, anyone in the city who exchanges people for meat will be beheaded!"

After that, he asked Senying: "Where did you change to?"

Sen Ying smiled and said, "The butcher king in the north of the city. I hope your speed is faster than his knife."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tu Shanjing flew away. There were also some soldiers with spiritual power among them, and they followed him at this moment.

The remaining mortal soldiers knew they couldn't catch up, so they gave up and pulled Senying to the left and right, wanting to lock her up in the prison. The one who found Rou'er and helped her up was busy giving orders.

Sen Ying sneered in the direction where Tu Shanjing left: "Pretending to be kind."

Blood rushed to my head, and I walked over and slapped her on the head: "You are not worthy of judging him! Do you want me to scratch your face a few more times?!"

She looked at me in disbelief, the scar on her face revealing terrifying grooves in the moonlight.

Then she screamed hysterically: "It's you! Bitch! I'm going to kill you! None of the foxes in your Tushan family are good! Why are you so arrogant?! It's been so long and you still haven't gotten a concubine. I'm afraid he doesn't want you to go to bed with him?! I only regret that I didn't let Changbao kill you in Qingshui Town!"

I slapped her twice again: "Who wants to be a concubine?! I'm not like you. I've climbed into many beds, but still ended up as a beggar. People are not blind, and they can see that you have a very dirty heart. You still want to kill me? Think about whether you will be beheaded tomorrow!"

She continued to scream and shout, and the soldiers tore off her mouth with a rag and dragged her away.

The turbulent blood in my chest calmed down a little. I thought about her words. Maybe she was begging in Xiyan City and found me or Gui Fangduan on the way. She found Changbao and told him the secret. Changbao followed the trail to Qingshui Town to find out what happened, and then told Jingye.

Fortunately, the Fifth and Seventh Kings no longer wanted to kill Tushan Jing at that time but wanted him to come back to replace Tushan Hou in power, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

The cool breeze of the autumn night blew over, and I shivered as I stood there.

After this commotion, the surrounding shanties remained quiet, and no one dared to come out. I don’t know how long the donated food in my stomach will last, and I can’t use it to waste on the excitement that has nothing to do with me.

I returned to my room thinking all the way, planning to increase the amount of alms I would give tomorrow.

After a while, Tu Shanjing came back.

He knocked on my door, and I didn't dare ask him if he had saved the child.

There were tears in his eyes and he shook his head at me.

Even though that was the child of Changbao, who had once betrayed him, he was still deeply sad at this moment.

He has never been one who pretends to be kind.