Bright moon out of Tianshan

Xiao Jian found that the soldiers of Zhao State had blocked and surrounded the area for dozens of miles, and the leader of the team was Qi Jia who had rushed from the capital of Zhao State.He couldn't believe that they were coming for him, but he had to.He panicked again, just at this time, another group of Zhao soldiers escorted hundreds of Eastern Qi prisoners of war through this area, they were soldiers captured during the last battle between the two countries.

Seeing this, Xiao Jian lamented how lucky he was. Taking advantage of people's unpreparedness, he successfully mixed into the team of prisoners of war, and was finally sent to Lord Qi Jia by Zhao soldiers.

Qi Jia's face was calm, and he looked at the prisoners one by one, looking very carefully and seriously.When he saw Xiao Jian, he asked, "Why are you covering your face?"

Xiao Jian said in a hoarse voice: "My lord, when I was a child, my house caught fire and my face was burnt. My throat was also hoarse from the smoke, so I was afraid of disturbing others."

Qi Jia stretched out her hand, and used the horsewhip to lift the black scarf covering his face, took a look, frowned, and went on to the next one.

Xiao Jian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After Qi Jia finished examining, this group of people made a nest and were all escorted to the quarry outside Taiyuan City.

Many people were curious about the scene on his face and wanted to get a glimpse of Lushan's true face, but those who were lucky enough to see the real face were all terrified and frightened.At this point, Xiao Jian said very politely: "I'm sorry, my house caught fire and it was burned like this. I didn't intend to scare you."

Recently, there have been many rumors in the State of Zhao. After the monarch returned to Taiyuan, he scolded the servant of the most favored warrior, Mr. Qi Jia, and wanted to kill General Luo, saying that he lost an important criminal. , and was later stopped by Master Qi Jia.Rumors spread so quickly that even the prisoners in the quarry heard about it.Of course Xiao Jian also heard about it, and panicked in his heart: "I don't know if it's about me, probably not, Zhao Yuancai's lust seems to be an illusion, and he won't go to war like this." After comforting himself, he was relieved.

The tasks in the quarry are very heavy, and most of the workers are prisoners of war and prisoners.Xiao Jian's serious injury has not yet healed, and it is very difficult to work, and the clothes are thin, and when the cold wind comes, he is shivering for a while.But he insisted on busying himself in the stone transportation team, for fear of being seen by others.Zhao Yuancai, the monarch of the state, liked luxury and often made large-scale construction projects to expand the palace and make some exquisite and beautiful garden scenery, so a lot of stone carvings and other things were needed.His team was in charge of transporting stone materials to the stone carving workshop, where many stonemasons were beating day and night, making exquisite carvings.

Xiao Jian came here a lot, and gradually he became interested in it, so he would look at it more when he had time, but unfortunately, if he paused for a moment, he would be cursed by the guards who supervised their labor with whips, and he accidentally got hit a few times. Whip, don't dare to delay here any longer.But it took a long time to come and go, and I also saw that it was almost inseparable.

As a result, when it was Chinese New Year, all the captives and prisoners were allowed to rest for a few days. Xiao Jian quickly ran to the quarry, quickly hooked up with an old stonemason, and began to follow him, learning to chisel stones.When he was about to carve huge stone slabs, Xiao Jian asked, "What are these for?"

The old mason replied: "This is the stone for the king's mausoleum."

Xiao Jian wondered, "Didn't the old emperor die a long time ago?"

The old mason said: "You are from Dongqi, so you probably don't know the rules of our Zhao country. Our monarch can start to build his own mausoleum from the day he ascends the throne. Sometimes it takes decades to repair. Especially the current emperor , is a particular person. Since he ascended the throne at the age of 13, this mausoleum has been built for more than ten years, and it only has a general appearance."

Xiao Jian understood: "It turned out to be for the current monarch. This work is deeply in my heart, and I love to do it." He said in his heart: "Fix it, fix it, fix it earlier and fill it in with you sooner!"

While chatting, I saw a group of people coming from a distance at the entrance of the quarry, all dressed in elegant, clean and luxurious clothes.Xiao Jian's heart skipped a beat, he hurriedly turned to the back of the boulder, Fang quietly waited and watched.But he was talking about who came, and he saw Zhao Yuancai in the middle, riding on his tall black horse, wearing a golden crown, and his black clothes were rolled with dark red tapestry, embroidered with layers of intricate and delicate patterns.Beside him were Baili Rong and Qi Jia, and behind him followed a large number of guards with distinctive armor.Qi Jia was just dressed normally, but Baili Rong was wrapped in a fiery red fox fur, with a handsome fox face tucked into a big fur collar, very ostentatious, only a fox tail was put on behind her.

For those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, a group of people don't know what to do here.When entering the field, the general in charge of guarding the quarry hurriedly led a group of subordinates to greet him and salute. Everyone knelt down and kowtowed. Xiao Jian had to follow suit. Zhao Yuancai said: "No, the prisoners of the Eastern Qi Dynasty They're all here, right? Call out and show me."

The general immediately drove all the criminals over. Zhao Yuancai frowned, glanced at the crowd seriously, and felt slightly disappointed. Xiao Jian.

Xiao Jian's face was covered with a black scarf, and his clothes were ragged, but he couldn't hide his straight and slender figure, with a well-proportioned skeleton, tight waistline, and long black hair.Zhao Yuancai looked up and down, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and suddenly a smile appeared on the corners of his lips, he got off his horse, and strode over.

Seeing his tall figure approaching, Xiao Jian felt his heart beating wildly. He leaned against the stone and dared not move, and said to himself: "Could it be that he can recognize me if I cover my face?" Zhao Yuancai said with a smile: "Little beauty, So you are hiding here! It’s easy for you to find! Cover your face, thinking I don’t recognize you?” Xiao Jian didn’t have time to deny it, when suddenly the wind passed by his face, and the black scarf on his face was swept away by Zhao Yuancai’s whip .This face was clearly displayed in front of everyone.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw his face, and then Bai Lirong let out a terrified cry, and turned away not daring to look at him.Zhao Yuancai looked at it intently, and turned around after a while, with a "vomit", nausea.

Xiao Jian stretched out his sleeves to cover his face, and said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry, my lord, the villain was burned when he was a child, his face is a bit ugly, but the villain's heart is very pure. If you don't believe me, you can ask The one who works with the little ones."

Zhao Yuancai vomited continuously, Bai Lirong held back his disgust and came to serve him, and the guards behind him also rushed towards him.Zhao Yuancai pushed Baili Rong away, and shouted angrily: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and cover your face!" But he said it to Xiao Jian.

Xiao Jian quickly picked up the falling black scarf and covered his face again.Hearing Zhao Yuancai shout: "Turn around!" He turned around as he said, and suddenly a strong wind came on his back, and with a crisp sound, Zhao Yuancai whipped him hard.The whip contained a little internal force, and Xiao Jian's internal organs almost turned over, he couldn't stand upright, he stumbled and fell on the boulder in front of him, the skin injury was nothing serious.

Zhao Yuancai sneered and said, "How dare you run out to scare people after you've made it like this? If the master didn't see that you are in good shape, I would kill you right now! I make you sick of me!" Cursing, the whip crackled When he was whipped up, Xiao Jian didn't dare to resist, he gritted his teeth and held back, leaning on the stone and letting him whip.When Zhao Yuancai got impatient with the beating, he lost half his life, gasping for breath and unable to move.

Zhao Yuan picked up the whip and said: "Come here, throw him into the prison!"

Xiao Jian said in a low voice: "What mistake did the villain make, that His Majesty wants to treat the villain like this?"

Zhao Yuancai then sneered: "What's wrong? It's your fault for making it so ugly!"

Xiao remonstrated: "Your Majesty is a wise king passed on by all people, how can you judge someone by appearance?"

Zhao Yuancai said: "I judge people by their appearance! What's the matter? I only like people who are beautiful and eye-catching, but I hate you ugly! Can you still see your face? Come and drag it away!"

Qi Jia asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, which floor of the dungeon do you want to break into?"

Zhao Yuancai compared a finger, and Baili Rong immediately objected: "Your Majesty, he is so ugly, how could he be in the Tianzi Prison?"

Zhao Yuancai said: "If you don't understand, don't talk about it! He has a good figure, and he is considered top-grade. Why can't he enter the Tianzi Prison?"

Xiao Jian was baffled by what he heard, but he dared not ask for forgiveness. He had been in Zhao State for less than a month, and he had already heard that the monarch was famous for his beauty and judging people by appearance.It is said that he once caught a fat man on the street and threw him into prison because he thought that the man took up too much space on the street.Therefore, the ministers in Zhao's court are dignified, and the harem is full of beauties.If the monarch is out on patrol, the ugly people on the street will disperse automatically, for fear that he will see bad luck.Xiao Jian originally thought it was just a legend, but now that he saw it, he finally believed it.

Two guards came up, locked his wrists with shackles, and dragged him away. Xiao Jian didn't understand what was going on until he was brought outside the imperial prison in Taiyuan City. It turns out that there are three types of imperial prisons. On the top of the three large iron gates were written the words "Heaven", "Earth" and "Human", and he was directly taken into the prison with the word "Heaven".

The head of the prison personally led the way, bypassing a passage, two passages side by side, with no end in sight, and the smell of corruption and mildew blowing towards his face.Xiao Jian was taken to the left, and walked from room to room, unable to see who was locked up on both sides.Then when he came to a small iron gate, the prison chief opened the iron gate, Xiao Jian was pushed through, but fell into a pool with a splash, it turned out that this was actually a water prison.

It was the first month of the month, and although the water in the pool hadn't frozen, it was freezing to the bone. Xiao Jian was stimulated to a hundred times his energy, and when he heard the iron gate being thrown down with a clang, he still hadn't recovered from the stimulation of the cold water. He came to his senses, but suddenly the wind blew past his ears, and a person rushed over and hugged him tightly with both hands, shouting: "Ding Xiang, Ding Xiang, is that you?" Asked, "Did they hurt you?"

Xiao Jian's shock was no small matter, he struggled desperately, and said, "Let go! Let go! What lilac, I'm not! Let go!"

But I heard a "wow" in my ear, like a ghost crying at night, extremely shrill.It was the man who burst into tears.

Xiao Jian's head buzzed, and he quickly stretched out his hands to cover his ears, but he staggered and was pushed away by the man: "So it's not, I feel like a man! Dingxiang, Dingxiang, where are you? If I die, I will fight with you You die together!"

Xiao Jian was stunned, thinking that with this short effort, even men and women could be detected in the darkness, this time he suffered a big loss.But he heard the voice very familiar, and thought to himself: "I have heard this man's voice, I must have heard it!" , looked at that person carefully.The man was still sobbing, his face was unkempt, and his head was hanging down. Xiao Jian couldn't see his face clearly, but he felt that he was not very old.

The water in the dungeon was up to his legs, and there was nowhere to rely on. Xiao Jian slowly leaned against the wall and stood up, and asked, "Hey, brother, what is your name?"

He spoke with an accent from the Jiangnan area, which is very rare in this northern country, the man was stunned when he heard it, and looked up at him.Xiao Jian was also looking at him, and finally exclaimed: "Shut up!"

The man was also taken aback, and after a while he asked, "You know me?"