Daily life of captives

In the dead of night, two drunkards were sitting in a corridor somewhere in the Jinyang Marquis Mansion, one was slightly drunk with blurred vision, the other was very drunk and talking nonsense.

Huan Zhi stood outside the corridor, looking at Jie Jun who was delirious and talking nonsense with a little astonishment.

He had never seen his brother-in-law in such a gaffe.

Looking at the slightly drunk grandson Boyi again, Huan Zhi cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, General."

Grandson Boyi waved his hand: "Xie Jun and I are life and death best friends, so there is no need to say thank you for such a small matter, let alone thank you from others."

Huan Zhi straightened up and looked at Jie Jun with some embarrassment.

He doesn't regret walking the same path with the young master, because everything is worth it.As far as the result is concerned, he protected Xie's family, but at first he just wanted to protect Fifth Sister. Xie's family took care of the matters of Xie's family. He never worried about it. It's just that Fifth Sister and Xie's family were of the same mind, so he also protected Xie by the way. It’s all about family, and he never said that he was afraid of his sister’s sadness. He never thought that his brother-in-law would be so sad. He once thought that his brother-in-law would be happy to see a capable Marquis of Jinyang...

In the end, he was dependent on others and was taken care of by the Xie family, but he did nothing for the Xie family, nor did he do anything for his brother-in-law. He could not be worthy of his brother-in-law's gratitude and guilt, and his brother-in-law blamed himself so much that he didn't know what to do. is good.

"Has the general ever felt remorse?" Huan Zhi asked Sun Boyi softly, but his eyes did not leave Xie Jun who was in a state of drunkenness.

"Zeng?" Changsun Boyi shook the flagon in his hand, "It wasn't once, I still feel guilty. You shouldn't hide it from him."

Changsun Boyi could imagine that what scares Xie Jun the most is the difficulties and obstacles that Huanzhi has encountered in these years, because they have all experienced similar things, and they all know the dangers, if they are not careful, they will be ruined. As for his life, although Huan Zhi is alive and well now, if he had made a wrong step back then, he would have died quietly without Jie Jun's knowledge. Changsun Boyi fully understands.

"What's the use of talking?" Huan Zhi said in a deep voice, "Back then everyone was desperate, and everyone was walking on thin ice back then. It had nothing to do with age or status. Those who wanted to survive tried their best to protect themselves and their lives. If the family members are not dead, who can help whom in such a situation? I don’t even dare to count on my son, how can I count on someone who is thousands of miles away? What’s more, my affairs will only distract my brother-in-law.”

Staring at Huanzhi, Changsun Boyi asked curiously, "Have you always pretended to be good in front of Mrs. Xie?"

"Yes," Huan Zhi admitted frankly, "Fifth Sister doesn't need to know these boring things."

"Then you should understand Xie Jun's desire to keep you carefree." Changsun Boyi raised his head and took a sip of his wine.

"Stop drinking," Li Shao walked out of the shadows, and took the jug from Changsun Boyi's hand, "I asked you to come accompany Jie Jun, Jie Jun didn't drink anymore, what else do you drink?"

Changsun Boyi looked up at Li Shao, his eyes were filled with smiles at that moment: "He can't drink any more."

"Going back." Pulling the eldest grandson Boyi up, Li Shao looked at Huanzhi with a dark complexion, "Qingyu, can you do it alone?"

Xie Jun was so drunk that he might not be able to take a step.

"Young master, don't worry." Huan Zhi stepped over the railing into the corridor, squatted down and easily carried the drunk Xie Jun on his back.

Li Shao was not surprised by this, and only told Huanzhi: "Be careful on the road, and talk to Xie Jun when he sobers up. The past has passed for so long, so why change it into the present?" The burden? We are all still with the people we cherish the most, and that is already something to be thankful for.”

Li Shao said this to Huanzhi, and also to Zhangsun Boyi.

"Young master and I are indeed of the same mind," Huan Zhi finally showed a smile, "I will say these words to my brother-in-law too. Farewell."

Chongchang Sun Boyi and Li Shao nodded slightly, while Huan Zhi walked forward steadily with Xie Jun on his back.

There was no one around, so the eldest grandson Boyi hugged Li Shao, and his whole body was pressed on Li Shao's back.

Li Shao raised his hand to support the elder Sun Boyi's arm, and teased, "What? Do you want me to carry you?"

Changsun Boyi answered the wrong question: "I'm sleepy."

"Then go back quickly, wash your face and go to sleep." Li Shao touched the face of Changsun Boyi with his backhand.

"En." He replied vaguely, but Changsun Boyi still hugged Li Shao, motionless.

"Well, what's wrong, let go, how do you go back like this?"

"Well... just go back like this." As he said, Changsun Boyi rubbed against Li Shao's neck.

Li Shao's forehead twitched suddenly: "Why didn't you say that you just slept like this tonight?"

Hearing this, Changsun Boyi laughed lowly: "It's cold today, I can't bear to let my Saburo suffer from the cold outside."

"It's useless to say nice words." Li Shao suddenly stomped on Changsun Boyi's instep hard, causing Changsun Boyi to let go of his hand and squat down in pain.

"Sanlang..." Isn't this too cruel?

Li Shao joked and said, "I'm sorry, it's too cold, I don't even feel it, what's wrong? Did I step on it too hard?"

The eldest grandson Boyi raised his head and looked at Li Shao with grievance: "Now you really have to carry me on your back."

"You're so beautiful!" After glancing at Sun Boyi, Li Shao walked leisurely, "I'm afraid you'll be hungry when you go home after drinking, so I specially asked the kitchen to boil chicken soup. It just so happens that it's cold. Drinking it can warm you up, but it seems like you won’t be able to go back for a while, and the soup won’t taste good when it’s cold... It seems that my supper tonight is settled.”

The eldest grandson Boyi immediately stood up, chased after Li Shao in two steps, held Li Shao's hand, and walked back faster.

"It's so cold."

Li Shaodeng laughed and fell on the elder Sun Boyi.

On the other side, Huan Zhi walked briskly with Xie Jun on his back, and when he returned to his residence, he saw his wife waiting at the gate of the yard.

"Fifth Sister, I found my brother-in-law." Huan Zhi walked up to Mrs. Xie with a smile.

"What's wrong with your brother-in-law?" Seeing that Jun was being carried by Huanzhi, Mrs. Xie was taken aback. She took a few steps to meet him, and Mrs. Xie smelled alcohol, "Why did he drink so much?" ?”

Huanzhi's eyes flashed, and he deliberately complained: "Fifth sister, you don't even know that brother-in-law and General Changsun found father's hidden wine, and drank more than half of it in just half the night! That's all Old wine, they are too much, they don't even take me!"

Mrs. Xie asked someone to take Xie Jun off Huanzhi's back, and when she heard Huanzhi's words, she poked her finger on Huanzhi's forehead: "There is nothing you don't want to get involved in! Your brother-in-law and grandson The general is drinking, what are you doing with a child?"

Huan Zhi rubbed his forehead, dissatisfied: "I'm not a child."

Mrs. Xie said with a smile: "I know that I have been pestering Ji Cheng all day long, what is it if I am not a child?"

Huan Zhi pouted: "I won't tell Fifth Sister, anyway, Fifth Sister thinks I'm a child no matter what time it is. Where's Ji Cheng?"

"Ji Cheng is in the room."

"Then I'll go find Ji Cheng." After saying that, Huan Zhi turned around and ran away.

Mrs. Xie shook her head and laughed, turned around and went back to the house to take care of Jie Jun.

After running a certain distance, Huan Zhi stopped and secretly turned his head to look back. Seeing that the door of his wife's room had been closed, Huan Zhi put away his lively look and sighed secretly.

Walking to the door of Yan Xin's room, Huan Zhi saw that the lights were still on, so he knocked on the door and walked in.

"Ji Cheng, what about the thing I gave you earlier?"

After saying this, Huan Zhi realized that he came here at an inopportune time.

In the room, Yan Xin's clothes were half-removed, and she looked at Huan Zhi who pushed the door in surprise, while Yan Wei, whose clothes were still neat, ran around the room in a panic, as if looking for a place to go out, In a panic, I didn't know where to get out, and I was in a hurry.

Yan Xin suddenly picked up the pillow at hand and threw it at Yan Wei: "Be quiet, you idiot!"

Why is he panicking?And why run?Why did this scene look like a crime scene?

Yan Wei was hit on the back of the head by a pillow, he really calmed down after he heard an ouch, picked up the pillow and stood there motionless, looking a little pitiful in a bewildered look.

Although the smell of medicinal wine in the room was very strong, Huan Zhi still pretended not to smell it, and joked: "It seems that I came at a bad time."

"Is the young master okay?" Yan Xin sat cross-legged on the bed, the clothes on her upper body were still hanging on her arms, and she didn't even pull them.

Seeing Yan Xin's calm expression, Huan Zhi felt bored: "Did you lose that white jade pendant that I lost to you in a bet a few days ago?"

"Of course I didn't lose it!" As she said that, Yan Xin bent down and took out a box from under the bed. After opening the box, she took out the white jade pendant that Huanzhi had mentioned, "Not to mention that the jade pendant is exquisite in workmanship. This fine piece of white jade is priceless, even if I lose my life, I can't lose this treasure."

"Alright then," Huan Zhi took out another piece of white jade from his pocket and threw it to Yan Xin, "I'll exchange this with you, and give me that jade pendant."

Yan Xin hurriedly caught the jade thrown by Huan Zhi, and she was shocked when she took a closer look: "My god! Where did you get this thing, little lord?"

The white jade is oily and transparent, the most difficult thing is that the middle of the jade is soaked in red, and the red floats away, at first glance it looks like an eagle with wings spread.

"Rare is more strange." Huan Zhi gave Yan Xin a disdainful look, "Give me back that jade pendant."

The jade pendant was a token of the Huan family's army, if it wasn't for the fear that Fifth Sister would recognize the Huan family crest on the jade pendant and dare not carry it with him, he would not have put it in Yan Xin's place.

Yan Xin clenched the jade in her hand, but said suspiciously to Huan Zhi: "Young Master, you should think about it, this piece of white jade is much more expensive than that jade pendant, no, no, no, it is not comparable at all. Yes, are you sure you want to change?"

"Hurry up, it's so annoying."

Yan Xin shrugged, and threw the jade pendant to Huan Zhi: "The ugly words are up front, if the young master comes to me to change it again, I won't change it."

Huan Zhi rolled his eyes: "It's just a broken rock, you want to come to me anytime and give you a car."

There is a jade mountain near the Huan family army's garrison, so the Huan family army relies on mountains to eat mountains. After training, it will take them two or three years to dig a few pieces of jade and sell them.

After saying this, Huan Zhi turned around and went out. Before leaving, he left a message for Yan Wei: "The bruises on Ji Cheng's body need to be rubbed with medicinal wine to make the bruises disperse. Remember to use your strength."

Yan Xin was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Yan Wei who was staring at him as if thinking about how to exert himself, and sighed with his hands on his forehead.

This idiot definitely took the young master's words seriously.

After a night of no dreams, when Li Shao woke up early in the morning, he found that his eldest grandson Boyi was no longer by his side. He got up and looked around, but he still didn't see his grandson Boyi.

"Weize, where's Boyi?"

Wei Ze, who was guarding outside the room, immediately entered the door when he heard the sound, and said with a smile, "The general is in the yard."

"In the yard?" Li Shao put on some clothes, got out of bed and walked to the window, opened the window and saw the elder Sun Boyi and Mu Ran in the yard.

Li Shao raised his eyebrows and leaned lazily against the window.

In the yard, the shirtless elder Sun Boyi was punching, vigorously. This scene was pleasing to Li Shao, but beside the elder Sun Boyi, there was a thin Muran squatting, his legs were trembling. , Like sifting chaff, probably couldn't stop without the permission of Changsun Boyi, so he barely supported it, his face turned red.

Li Shao leaned against the window, watching with a good mood.

But Mu Ran's mood is not so good.

Because he didn't sleep well last night, Mu Ran woke up early today, and couldn't sleep even if he wanted to go back to the cage, so he simply got up and wandered around in the yard, only to be caught by the elder Sun Boyi who got up early and did morning exercises. If you are right, you must pull him to practice together.

Mu Ran couldn't hold back his eldest grandson Boyi, so he had to "accompany" his elder grandson Boyi to do morning exercises.The eldest grandson Boyi knew that Mu Ran's background was not good, so he asked Mu Ran to squat aside, saying that after he finished a set of punches, Mu Ran could rest.

Mu Ran originally thought it was a very simple task, but Changsun Boyi punched it for two quarters of an hour. Mu Ran, who was calm and composed at first, persisted until now, almost crying without tears, but dare not Open your mouth to disturb the elder Sun Boyi.

Unable to move his body, Mu Ran could only turn his eyes around to look for someone who could call for help. After searching for a long time, he finally spotted Li Shao.

"uncle!"

Li Shao just laughed and didn't respond.

The eldest grandson Boyi glanced at Li Shao, but still insisted on finishing the set of punches.

"Let's rest." After leaving a word to Mu Ran, the elder Sun Boyi went straight to the window.

As soon as she received the pardon, Mu Ran sat down on the ground.

He never knew that squatting on horseback was such a tiring thing, and he lost all feeling in his legs.

Seeing the elder Sun Boyi walking in front of him, Li Shao asked with a smile, "Why do you want to take care of Muran?"

Eldest Sun Boyi leaned against the wall next to the window, and said as a matter of course: "Our nephew can't be much worse than Qingyu."

Mu Ran, Yan Xin, and Huan Zhi were not together before, so there was no difference, and he didn't have much time to pay attention to these things, but these three people who are similar in age hang out all day long, and the difference is obvious.

"Compared with Qing Yu?" Li Shao looked at Mu Ran again, shook his head with a smile, "You might as well compare him with Ji Cheng."

The eldest grandson Boyi smiled and said, "Mu Ran's brain is better than Ji Cheng's?"

You can still exercise if your skills are poor, but if your brain is not sharp, you probably have nothing to do.

"At least the skill is better than Ji Cheng." Li Shao propped his chin and said with a smile, "And Muran has the advantages of Muran."

"...For example?" Changsun Boyi thought for a long time but couldn't figure out what Mu Ran's strengths are.

"Mu Ran can get along well with anyone. He made a group of good friends in Chang'an City, and accompanied him on the northern tour. He is also very popular in the Yulin Army. Now that he is put together with Ji Cheng and Qing Yu, he still puts him in the same place. The relationship is established, can you do it for you?" Li Shao turned his head to look at the elder Sun Boyi.

After thinking about it carefully, Changsun Boyi shook his head.

They have been mixed with the children of the aristocratic family since they were young, so they naturally know the behavior and the secrets of the topics in this circle very well, even if they meet for the first time, they can chat, but if they are asked to deal with ordinary people, it will probably be somewhat difficult.

Sanlang is from Wen, and he feels like a fish in water when he is with literati like Yongning. He is from martial arts, and he is more comfortable when he is with Tao Wujing and the others.

But the people who come and go around Mu Ran can be described as a mixture of dragons and snakes. As the son of the eldest princess, he naturally played with the children of the aristocratic family, and then went to Shezhou. Apart from the guards, Muran was surrounded by Shezhou people. When Shezhou returned to Chang'an, the people Mu Ran came into contact with were even more complicated.

The strange thing is that he really didn't find anyone who hated Mu Ran.

As Sanlang said, regardless of age, the Habayashi guards accompanying Mu Ran were very kind to Mu Ran and took good care of them. Now that Mu Ran is no longer in the Habayashi Army, they would greet him warmly when they occasionally met.

At first, Ji Cheng had some prejudices against Mu Ran, but after this trip to the north, Ji Cheng took good care of Mu Ran. Although he hasn't become friends yet, it's not as if they are bored with each other. Qing Yu, who is not pleasing to the eye, is very friendly.

"Strange," Changsun Boyi touched his chin, "Why is he so likable?"

"Who knows." Regarding this point, he is still observing and researching.

The two were discussing about Mu Ran when Yan Xin and Huan Zhi appeared from the gate of the yard, followed by Yan Wei.

"Young master, general."

Changsun Boyi raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice, "What do you want?"

Huan Zhi laughed and said, "We're here to find Mu Ran."

Hearing this, Changsun Boyi and Li Shao looked at each other.

"What? Did you make an appointment to hang out together?" Li Shao asked calmly.

"No, no," Yan Xin quickly shook her head, "I agreed to teach him how to ride a horse, but I didn't see anyone all morning, so I thought he was sick, so I came to take a look."

In front of the general and the young master, how dare you say that they want to go out to play?Although they really wanted to wander around Jinyang City.

"Riding a horse?" Li Shao looked at Mu Ran who was still sitting on the ground, "He's not sick, but he doesn't know if he can go right now."

"Why?" Huan Zhi also looked at Mu Ran.

Li Shao's smile suddenly showed a bit of schadenfreude: "He just accepted the instruction of Admiral Tiance and squatted for three quarters of an hour."

Yan Xin was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing: "I knew I wouldn't be the only one who was unlucky!"

Startled by Yan Xin's big laugh, Huan Zhi and Yan Wei looked at Yan Xin in astonishment.

Yan Xin's laughter stopped abruptly, and she suddenly realized that she had committed a stupidity.

What bad luck did he say in front of the general!

Silently helped Mu Ran up, Yan Xin helped Mu Ran and ran out of Li Shao's courtyard in despair, Huan Zhi and Yan Wei followed behind Yan Xin, when he was about to step out of the courtyard, Huan Zhi turned his head and glanced at Li Shao .

Li Shao was taken aback, raised his hand and patted Changsun Boyi on the shoulder: "Clean up, let's go out too."

"Where are you going?" Changsun Boyi turned around and entered the room through the window.

"Can't you go around the door and come in?" Li Shao cast a sidelong glance at Changsun Boyi, and said again, "What else can you do in Jinyang City? Naturally, it's to see the scenery."

Changsun Boyi guessed that the scenery had something to do with Huanzhi, but he didn't expect that the scenery was outside Jinyang City.

After tidying up, Li Shao took his eldest grandson Boyi out the door. The two of them slipped out of Jinyang City without riding a horse, met Huanzhi in a small forest on the outskirts of the city, and then continued south, in a Stop at the entrance of the village.

Li Shao looked at this ordinary village in front of him in some surprise, and suddenly understood something, Chong Huanzhi gave a thumbs up: "A clever plan!"

He didn't even think of the generals pretending to be farmers to avoid people's eyes and ears, this method is really wonderful!

"Master's praise." Huan Zhi was a little embarrassed by Li Shao's praise, but when he looked at Zhangsun Boyi in a blink of an eye, Huan Zhi couldn't help laughing and asked, "Does General Changsun know that we are here for the sake of you?" What?"

Changsun Boyi glanced at Huan Zhi, and asked back, "Didn't you come to see the Huan family's army?"

Huan Zhi suppressed his smile and was dissatisfied: "Is it so obvious?"

"Not obvious," Changsun Boyi shook his head, "but you brought us here secretly, not to meet the Huan Family Army, what else can you do?"

"It's so boring!" With a cold snort, Huan Zhi walked into the village first.

Li Shao and Changsun Boyi smiled at each other and followed behind Huan Zhi.

After entering the village, Huanzhi didn't talk to anyone, and didn't make eye contact with anyone, so he led his eldest son Boyi and Li Shao into the village from the east end, and then left from the west end of the village.

Standing still at the entrance of the village, Huan Zhi then turned around and asked Li Shao and Sun Boyi, "How is it?"

"Well...it's hard to say." Li Shao turned his head to look at the elder Sun Boyi.

It is good for generals to pretend to be farmers, but if the appearance is too bad, it will attract attention, and there are only Huan family soldiers in this village, and no one is a real farmer, so this is too much.

Changsun Boyi turned his head and looked at the village behind him, and said in a deep voice, "It's too obvious. It can be seen that they are all elite soldiers who have undergone rigorous training, and their evil spirit is too strong."

Huan Zhi frowned: "Isn't that good?"

Changsun Boyi shook his head: "If it's the Yulin Army, that's fine, but this is your Huan Family Army."

Huan Zhi didn't quite understand, and looked at Li Shao again.

Li Shao patiently explained: "The Huan family army is your private army of Huanzhi. It is not affiliated with the imperial court. Its number reaches [-]. The existence of this army originally violated the laws of the later Chu. As long as it is discovered, you Huanzhi is suspected of treason, and it is very difficult to get rid of the crime."

Huanzhi suddenly realized, but in a blink of an eye, his face was joking again, and he asked Sun Boyi provocatively: "Can the general allow me to have such an army? Are you afraid that I will really treason one day?"

Changsun Boyi smiled: "If you can do it, you can try it."