To be honest, Cui Zhiyuan had also heard of the rumors that Taiping thieves were good at coercing and driving the people, and they always stayed together without distinction, and often made them gather in chaos. He was also afraid to expect too many other things, as long as they could get people back in a hurry. For people who have experienced troubles and difficulties, they still have the greatest hope of living.

But behind the curtain was not the unbearable scene he imagined, only some simple and relatively clean furnishings; on the contrary, the hibiscus he was worried about was feeding a man lying on the bed. The man's pale face and haggard expression still made Cui Zhiyuan recognize him at once.

Who else is Chen Sanniang who thought she had already died? At this moment, Cui Zhiyuan was filled with mixed feelings and couldn't speak, but he didn't know what to say. However, the next moment Furong'er, who was sitting upright on the few seconds, turned around in fright, but put down the soup bowl in her hand and shouted happily:

"Blessed by the Bodhisattva, it is Cui Lang, Madam, Cui Lang is here to see you..."

"I just said that kind-hearted people will be rewarded. God sees pitifulness. I prayed sincerely to the Bodhisattva all night..."

"My wife is still alive now, and Cui Langjun is fine. Isn't this just that God opened his eyes?"

The young singer named Furong said incoherently, but she couldn't resist the tears rolling down. The woman lying on the sickbed slowly raised her hand and tried hard to touch Furong's face full of tears, and used a hissing sound that seemed to be polished by gravel:

"Don't...cry...live...live...it's fine..."

At this moment, Cui Zhiyuan could no longer hold it back, and took no matter how hard the woman's hand was, and then noticed that after a night of drastic changes, she was already mixed with gray hair, and shouted:

"Sanniang, I'm here,"

"Is it really Cui Lang? I'm... I can't see clearly for a while..."

The woman also used a tone of crying joy, but her eyes were distracted and trying to find his blurry position: then Cui Zhiyuan held his hand and pressed it on his face and said emotionally:

"I'm here, I won't go anywhere, and I will never give up you anymore..."

"So, it's still those peace thieves... army, ordered Sanniang to save her life?"

Next, Cui Zhiyuan roughly understood some of the reasons why Chen Sanniang survived through Furong'er's intermittent reposts. After the riots rampant for a day, they took her as a captive and wanted to take her to somewhere else. However, they met the Taiping Army who was attacking in, and were abandoned on the side of the road.

However, the men who collected the corpses along the way found that they were beaten and ravaged for a whole night. But she had turned purple and still breathed a sigh of relief and sent them to another place to settle. As a result, someone cleaned her body and fed her a few mouthfuls of sugar porridge. Her body, which was originally cold and stiff, slowly recovered.

Next, Taiping soldiers, who were also women, came to investigate and investigate her origins; they were also quite sympathetic and comforted by her experience. But I heard that Sanniang was from a different family in Wuxing Shen's early years, but she was surprised by the fact that her family was raided.

Then, the people in the military camp improved her treatment, not only provided obvious priority medicine treatment and dietary supply, but also moved from the temporary retention and observation room to this relatively secluded and quiet warehousing room. In the end, she even responded to her tentative request, and found Furonger, who was stranded in the city yard, to take care of her.

"Is it because of the Shen family in Wuxing that still has a respectable and respectable man in the world, or is it a key relationship in Taiping... the army?"

Hearing this, Cui Zhiyuan couldn't help but sighed with mixed feelings and sincerely:

"If it weren't for this, it would be a great blessing in the current misfortune."

"But it was what the husband said... Although there is no such thing, it is not far away."

Furong'er burst into tears and said with a smile:

"What is the situation and relationship?"

Cui Zhiyuan couldn't help but say in surprise:

"I heard those who gave the things privately mentioned that in the back house of the Lord of the Taiping Army, there was a down-and-out daughter of the Shen family..."

When Furong said this, she couldn't help but look around and lowered her voice:

“This is really,”

Cui Zhiyuan, who was full of incredible thoughts, suddenly thought: Could this woman who knew the knowledge and interests in front of him have some kind of relationship like a relative in the end? Could it be that he could come to find Furong'er, but he was benefiting from the Sanniang's fortune?

"Furong'er...be careful...that's right, this matter is not...real yet."

Sanniang on the sickbed tried her best to stop her:

Since she was young and married to another woman, she was implicated and was sent to the dust, and she became a gimmick for many people to marry. She then came out of the torture and setbacks of dying, and became a master of the rising brilliance. She has seen and tasted the joys and sorrows of this world over the years, and is unwilling to have more unrealistic extravagant hopes.

Whether it is the Shen family of Wuxing, who has fallen and disintegrated, or the Gu family of Kuaiji, who was once declining, it has become a very distant thing. She is also unwilling to accept unreasonable benefits and kindness, because this also means that there will be greater costs and rewards in the future. As the saying goes, the higher the expectations, the greater the loss and frustration.

However, the next moment, before Cui Zhiyuan could continue to comfort her, he heard someone shouting outside:

"Is that Silla man Choi Zhiyuan here?"

"That's right...

Cui Zhiyuan was shocked when he heard the sound and stood up to greet him. He saw Wang Yanfu, the military officer who was in charge of supervising him, respectfully retreating, and a thick hair, short beard and wide-faced general stood with his hands behind his back, and looked at him with interest:

"Cui Zhiyuan? According to the orders of the Grand Governor's Office, there is no other use for recruiting on the spot!"

"This, again?"

Hearing this sentence, Cui Zhiyuan bowed and replied in surprise:

However, the next moment he gave in and his whole body relaxed. Since he had already written lyrics of praise for Lu Yongzhi, Zhuge Yin and others, why should he care about rewriting a tribute to the so-called lord of the Taiping Army to punish the people for the so-called lord of the Taiping Army? The so-called integrity and reputation of scholars, under the sharp swords and weapons that have come to this chaotic world, are nothing more than morning dew and morning mist and dreams.

Although Cui Zhiyuan felt that this day was particularly absurd and as if he was in a dream. However, for Yang Xingmin and others who were trapped in the city, this was an extremely difficult and tormenting day.

Although the thief army that occupied the outer city had stopped its offensive and temporarily formed a situation of confrontation between the north and the south through the inner walls of the sub-city, the problems that Yang Xingmin had to face not only did not decrease, but also greatly increased and spread.

First of all, although most of the old brothers who had followed him for many years and those who regarded him as right-hand man Tian Pei, Zhu Yanshou and others retreated into Zicheng with their subordinates; however, the new subordinates whom he had always been close to and trusted, such as Liu Cun, Wang Tan, Li You, Qu Zhang, Zhang Hao, etc., were trapped in the outer city of the city of ​​life and death, which made his control over the situation decrease in disguise.

Therefore, the army under his command, which was originally known as 50,000 troops, has now quickly shrunk in the city's internal chaos, leaving only more than 10,000 people including his yamen and relatives. In addition, as the marching commander of his civil servants, Shi Yan Keqiu, Sima Dai Yougui, and Judge Zhou Yin, etc., civil servants, but most of their relatives are still in the outer city, which is another potential hidden danger.

Furthermore, although he had prepared for the past, he had collected a lot of food and machinery in Zicheng for long-term needs; however, a report from the defenders under the city immediately made him nervous. Someone found that the water level of the ditches in Zicheng was slowly lowering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When he personally visited the scene to investigate, some lower parts of the ditches had dried up, leaving only shallow mud and residual ice inside, which was a big problem. Zicheng is a higher part located in the north of Yangzhou City with Shugang as the center. It was called the city yamen because it concentrated various government offices. Later, it was built on the basis of the Grand Governor's Office.

However, the advantage of this convenient defense terrain is obvious once the water source is cut off. People and animals must not drink water. Although there are still a few wells on the Shugang, it was a textual "Tea Classic" that was originally designed for the elegance of the festival coaches. The spring water dug out specially used to supply these people to the present is a drop in the bucket.

What's more, even if he wanted to die with the city, he refused to resist it, how many of his men and horses were willing to continue to share weal and woe? Under the current situation, I am afraid that as the news of the water supply being cut off in the future will inevitably become shaken and panic.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a little empathetic about Bi Shiduo and others who were also trapped in the city that night.

"Come, send an envoy to the city for me..."

Yang Xingmin still made that decision with some difficulty.

——I am the dividing line—

In the wind and snow of Guanxi thousands of miles away, Prime Minister Zheng Ting was also looking at Xiao Guan who was shrouded in the fireworks as countless soldiers climbed up and attacked him; and the soldiers of the vassal Han who fell like fallen leaves as the smoke and fire flashed on the city.
Chapter completed!