You Can't Be Fierce Towards Me!

Chu Fengyuan wanted to reprimand him for messing around, but seeing his resolute expression, he was a little shaken. After a long silence, he sighed deeply, "Do you really have a way to find someone?"

Fu Tian nodded, "Yes."

Chu Fengyuan walked around twice with his hands behind his back, pondered for a while, and then sighed slightly, "Fengzhang still has a personal soldier in Qingyang, let them go with you."

He stared deeply at Fu Tian, ​​and said solemnly: "The border is dangerous, the battlefield has no eyes, and the soldiers must always guard you. If... If Fengzhang is serious..." Chu Fengyuan closed his eyes before continuing , "You can't put yourself in danger, you must immediately return to Qingyang with your own soldiers."

Fu Tian took a deep breath, his violent heartbeat gradually calmed down, and said firmly: "I will find him, he will be fine."

Chu Fengyuan patted him on the shoulder, turned his back, "You go back and say goodbye to Mrs. Fu, and the soldiers will arrive later."

Fu Tian bowed in salute, and then slowly retreated.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment went back to the Houfu with Fu Huang. Fu Huang took out the name post, quickly wrote a letter and enveloped it to the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and hurried to the backyard to find Fu Youqin.

Seeing his eager expression, Fu Youqin raised her hand to gently brush away his messy temple hair, "Why are you so anxious?"

Fu Tian pursed his lips, hesitated for a long while but still did not tell the truth, and said with a smile: "Foreigners have invaded, the food and pay at the border are insufficient, and now the national treasury is empty. I want to donate the gold and silver left by my ancestors as military pay."

Fu Youqin was stunned, then smiled and said: "The country is in trouble, it's good for you to have this thought, you are now the head of the Fu family, so donate as you please, don't tell me specifically."

She thought that Fu Tian was worried about her disagreement, so he specifically mentioned this matter.

Fu Tian bent his lips, gently supported her arm and sat down, "Tell mother that I want to ask mother for help."

He lowered his eyes, "I have some friendship with the Zhu family in Fengshui County, and it happens that the Ministry of War needs the Zhu family to smelt a batch of weapons. of gold and silver."

Only the mother and son knew the location of the secret room. The war was urgent and the military salary needed to be raised as soon as possible. This reason was reasonable. Fu Youqin had no doubts, so she responded, "Okay, I'll go back to Sifang Town."

Fu Tian said: "The emperor will send someone to escort you back. If there is anything, just ask Qingnian."

Fu Youqin patted him on the shoulder lovingly, and said with a smile, "Mother knows."

Fu Tian suppressed his urgency, talked with her for a while, and waited for the soldiers to arrive, then excused that he was leaving for Fengshui County, then simply packed his luggage, bid farewell and left in a hurry.

The personal guards were all trained by Chu Xiangtian. They originally stayed in Qingyang to guard the palace. Fu Huang was going to Shanyu Pass, so it was not appropriate to bring too many people, so Chu Fengyuan only sent 50 people to escort them.

The captain of the guard was surnamed Xue. Seeing that Fu Tian first took everyone off his horse to salute, and heard that Kanglehou was donating both food and money, and now he had to go to the border to find someone in person, they already had a good impression in their hearts. Seeing that he got on his horse quickly after greeting him, he was not at all delicate, and he admired him even more. A group of people cleared the way in front and a group of people behind the hall, so they hurried to Shanyu Pass with whips.

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And at this time, in the deep mountains between Shanyu Pass and Beiyu Pass——

There were many trees, the snow was knee deep, and only this group of people walked quietly in the empty valley. Chu Xiangtian found an open space for the group to stop, and set up camp on the spot.

The soldiers swept away the snow on the ground, untied the dry firewood from their backs, piled them on the ground, and set up piles of bonfires, and everyone gathered around the fire to keep warm and boil water.

Chu Xiangtian frowned and looked at the mountain peaks in the distance. His expression did not show the slightest impatience, but became more and more calm, "Continue to send people to find the way."

The spies behind him took the orders, and the four of them took light luggage and headed in four directions respectively.

They have been lost in this deep mountain for five days.

On the same day, Chu Xiangtian led 2000 troops to Beiyuguan for support, but was ambushed by Mulla Kili on the way. Chu Xiangtian reacted very quickly.

When Chu Xiangtian was about to bypass them and continue to Beiyuguan, Mu Laqili's subordinates suddenly brought out [-] slaves from Chu, including old and weak women and children. They were divided into four or five groups, all dragged by foreign soldiers. into the mountains.

Mu Laqili knew his strength, if Chu Xiangtian rushed to Beiyuguan, then their surprise attack would have no chance of winning.

It is deep winter now, in order to capture the city as soon as possible to grab food, Mulla Kili came up with this strategy, betting that Chu Xiangtian will definitely save people.

As long as Chu Xiangtian is held back and they take the opportunity to capture the pass, they can grab enough food for them to survive the winter. Moreover, the mountains between Beiyu Pass and Shanyu Pass are so steep that even old hunters who are familiar with the mountain roads would not dare to do so easily. Entering the mountain, not to mention this midwinter season, if you are unlucky, you may be folded inside.

Mulla Kili is indeed sinister enough. Chu Xiangtian looked at the slaves who were sent into the mountains, all of them in ragged clothes, and there were many young children among them. Hundreds of lives were in front of him. To save him, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and lead people to chase him into the mountains.

The foreigners entering the mountain were divided into several groups, and the team of 2000 people was dispersed. Chu Xiangtian led 400 people and chased one of the teams of foreigners.

These foreigners are all desperadoes, they don't care about their own life or death, let alone the life and death of the slaves, so the fast horse pulls the cage of the slaves and runs all the way to the depths. , finally rescued the person, but unfortunately encountered an avalanche.

The cracked snow was like a raging tide, rushing down the mountain roaring. Before Chu Xiangtian and the others had time to release the people, they dragged the wooden cage cart and fled for a while. When the avalanche subsided, the way they came from was completely buried, and they fled all the way I didn't even have time to make a mark, so I got lost in the snow-capped mountains.

There were more than 100 Chu slaves in the rescued wooden cages, all of them were sallow and thin, and they were dragged back and forth on the mountain road. These people took a breather.

Most of these slaves were taken away by foreign tribes. They are the lowest slaves in foreign tribes. They live with cattle, sheep and livestock. Year after year, day after day, they have lost hope. Heaven saved him, but he was still lifeless.

It was impossible for Chu Xiangtian to give up on them, so he could only ask the soldiers to urge these people to move forward, so as to prevent them from falling behind, the walking speed slowed down even more.

It has been five days in the mountains like this. Chu Xiangtian sent spies to find the way out every time he went to a place. It is also difficult for spies to find the right direction.

Chu Xiangtian was thinking about the war outside, and decided to rest here for three days, and let the spies go further to explore the road.

The soldiers were organized into small teams, two teams were responsible for patrolling and guarding, and the other two teams went to look for food, and the other team went to look for firewood and returned to dry for later use.

They rushed to support them on fast horses, and they didn't have much luggage and supplies. The heavy winter clothes were distributed to the rescued slaves. The soldiers could only rely on the fire to keep warm, so dry firewood was essential.

Chu Xiangtian was sitting by the fire, holding a wooden tree and drawing on the ground the path they had traveled. There were deep mountains and white snow, and there were similar scenery everywhere. They could only roughly tell where they had gone by relying on the distant peaks.Every time you decide on a direction, you have to be careful and careful.

Beside him, a dirty little boy wrapped in a very loose cotton padded coat was squatting beside him, and he was holding a child younger than him in his arms. The two children hugged each other in the same silent manner. He didn't make a sound, but the older children stared at the map drawn by Chu Xiangtian.

Chu Xiangtian teased him when he was free, "Do you understand?"

The older child raised his face and looked at him with dark eyes. His face was darker than the average person, his nose was slightly hooked, and he looked a bit of foreign blood, probably born of the plundered Dachu woman and a foreign race.

It's just that foreigners have always regarded Chu people as inferior people, and the child born here probably won't be treated well, as you can tell from seeing him locked up with these Chu people's slaves.

Chu Xiangtian moved closer and rubbed his head. This child is quite courageous. When others saw Chu Xiangtian's words, they didn't dare to say a word. The child pursed his lips and kept his head away. .She even moved a little further away with the child in her arms.But his eyes were fixed on the map drawn by Chu Xiangtian again.

Chu Xiangtian became interested, "What do you see?"

The older child pursed his lips, and spoke after a while. His voice was a little hoarse, but he said the words in the Chu dialect, "Remember the road."

He stretched out his eyes to stare at the ground, but said in his mouth, "If we remember the way, even if we are left behind, we can go out by ourselves."