"Chenji, I would rather start from Bohai in the east, fall to Qinghai in the west, reach Chongli Pass in the north, and to Dongfan Ryukyu Island in the south. From east to west, from north to south, a document will take several months to go. The southern minority rebelled, and the capital will only know after a few months. Guyuan was surrounded on the year of the year, and I am afraid that the ministry will know when the forsythia in the capital blooms."

Mr. Hu San sat at the table and drank tea: "All the emperors in the world know very well. They can't take care of the whole world even if they are exhausted, so they really care about one thing: who is coveting the power in their hands? If the Hu family breathes out two great officials in the Shinto Realm, I'm afraid that the one in Renshou Palace will not be able to sleep."

Chen Ji was silent for a moment: "Hu Junxian is sure to advance to the Shinto Realm?"

Mr. Hu laughed: "The realm of the gods is like a natural chasm. Unless a person as wonderful as Luyang in Jingchao Wu Temple, who is confident that he will definitely be able to cross that threshold in his life? Even the young supervisor of my Hu family has never boasted about Haikou, and Xu Shu simply said that he will never be able to do this in his life. But are these important to the one in Renshou Palace?"

Chen Ji asked softly: "Are he not afraid that Jing Chao will suddenly have two major officials in the Shinto Realm, but instead let Jing Chao swallow Ning Chao?"

Mr. Hu San said seriously: "There are four major officials in the Shinto Realm of the two dynasties, two Jing Chao, two Ning Chao, and one more, not one more. This is the tacit understanding of the emperor."

Chen Ji looked up and found that Mr. Hu's blind white eyes seemed to be staring at him deeply.

That eye is obviously bad, but it seems to be able to see the hearts of people.

Chen Ji changed the topic and said: "Third Master, before Hu Junxian came to Guyuan to be the deputy general, this official position should be yours, right?"

Master Hu San smiled: "It's me."

Chen Ji asked, "Why did you resign?"

Mr. Hu San said casually: "I want to leave Guyuan to do something, and I can't leave without resigning."

Chen Ji tentatively said: "Is it because there is someone who wants to kill, so you need to re-educate the way of practicing the official?"

Mr. Hu San picked up the teapot and renewed a cup of tea for himself, and said carelessly: "What are you doing when fighting and killing? Maybe I just want to see what the world outside Guyuan has become? When I was about to come to Guyuan, my mother disagreed and said she was too far away from home. I stole a fast horse, brought five hundred taels of silver, and rushed to Guyuan to join the army. It took twelve years to go."

"Before I came to Guyuan, I thought I could fight my colleagues bravely every day, but after I came, I realized that there were not wars every year in Guyuan, maybe once every two or three years, maybe once every five or six years, and during this time, there was a long and silent loneliness. When you stand on the wall and look into the distance, you can only see loess, mountains, gravel, and you are so crazy."

"No one cares about this place. The literati don't care, and the ministry doesn't care. Military pay and supplies were exploited layer by layer before they were transported here. They didn't seem to worry about the loss of Guyuan at all. Anyway, it won't affect the prosperity of the capital. I think Hu Junxian and I, like all border troops, hate here. We dream of dreaming that we can leave here, return to the prosperous capital, visit temple fairs, and enjoy lanterns."

Chen Ji listened quietly to Mr. Hu's memory. Mr. Hu's third brother stood up, opened a gap in the window, and looked at the battlements in the distance calmly: "After leaving Guyuan, I entered the city like a country bumpkin, and it seemed that many things had changed. Before I left the capital, the most famous Xingshou in the eight major hutongs was Yun. Yun Xingshou was so beautiful. When he was seventeen years old, he glanced at the red mole between her eyebrows made me have several spring dreams. When she sat on the high platform playing the piano, I thought to myself that the fairy was just like this. But when I returned to Beijing to inquire twelve years later, I realized that she married into the Qi family and became a concubine, and later was given to her subordinate by the Minister of the Qi family."

Chen Ji suddenly asked, "Is there anything that has not changed?"

Mr. Hu San smiled and said, "Guyuan has not changed. Now, after many years, I have come back here and found that only Guyuan, a stinky and hard stone, has not changed."

Chen Ji said curiously: "Since you have left, why did Master Hu San come back here?"

Mr. Hu San laughed at himself after a long time: "This matter sounds like a joke. When I was in Guyuan, I dreamed of leaving, but after I really left, I dreamed of coming back."

Chen Ji was silent.

At this time, a sound came from the room next door, and someone was walking around the house, making the wooden floor creak.

Zhang Zheng's loud voice came from the wall: "Chen Ji will not be held by the border army, why haven't he come back yet? Otherwise, let's go to the border army to find him. Since the Chen family doesn't want to care, then let's carry it out of the Xu family. I don't believe that Hu Junxian dared to be determined to make a vengeance with the Xu family."

Master Hu San glanced at Chen Ji, then walked gently to the wooden wall to listen.

But Zhang Xia said, "You and I can only be half of the Xu family, and it may not be really good to borrow the Xu family's identity. In this way, we will go to Baiyun Temple in the west of the city and use the name of my uncle."

Chen Ji had no choice but to get up and knocked on the wall with his knuckles.

In an instant, the next door became quiet.

Chen Jijie said, "I am in Room B, so don't worry about me, I'll go back later."

After saying that, he sat back to the Eight Immortals table and took a sip of tea.

Master Hu San looked at the Kongcun and asked, "Why, aren't you afraid that I will be poisoned?"

Chen Ji shook his head: "If the Third Master wants to kill me, I guess there is no need to be such a trouble."

Mr. Hu San suddenly changed the subject: "How did the Chen family treat you? They don't want to stand up for you even though they know you are in danger?"

Chen Ji's eyes moved slightly: "I am just a concubine of the Chen family. I was sent to the clinic for two years as an apprentice. They are a little unfamiliar with each other, and it is understandable that they are unwilling to stand out."

Master Hu San was stunned, and then his face darkened: "They actually asked you to serve tea and water for someone as an apprentice?"

He struggled around the world and naturally knew how hard it was to be an apprentice. It was still a trivial matter if he had no wages. Once he became an apprentice, he had to put his dignity aside.

I poured a chamber pot for my master and took a spittoon to get the phlegm to my master in the middle of the night. This is all the apprentices have to do.

Chen Ji explained: "My master is the imperial physician Yao Qimen, and he treats me very well."

Master Hu San breathed a little relieved and asked with a smile: "You are not young anymore, but you have a woman you like..."

Chen Ji looked at the other party silently. He was not familiar with Master Hu San, and he talked about the Chen family. And the current sentence is more like the tone of the elders speaking to the younger generation.

Master Hu San knew that he had made up his mind and quickly got up and turned to the topic: "If you want ginseng, you will come to Yuancaotang at Siu-yu tomorrow morning, and that should be enough."

After saying that, Mr. Hu San was about to go out.

Chen Ji said in confusion: "Where is the third master going?"

Mr. Hu San responded: "If you want to buy ginseng at a low price, you will naturally break all his retreat... You will know then."

The door closed, leaving Chen Ji alone in Master Hu's room to meditate.

He had previously suspected that Mr. Hu San was the one who bought his whereabouts from Xiaoman for money, but now it seems that he is not. The other party doesn't even know that he is going to the clinic to be an apprentice, nor does he know his situation in the Chen family.

strangeness.

While thinking, a knock on the door came from next door.

The gentle voice of the prince came from the corridor: "Miss Zhang Er, is Chen Ji in the room?"

Chen Ji hurriedly opened the door: "Your Highness, I'm here."

The prince was surprised: "Hey, aren't you in Room C? Why did you go to Room B?"

Chen Ji explained: "Just chatting with friends in this room just now... Your Highness has something to ask me for?"

The prince stood in the dark room and whispered: "Chen Ji, I was jealous of you stole the limelight from the Yulin Army, so I wanted to go against you in everything. Today, after you left the house, Li Xuan and I have severely scolded him... It is difficult for you to forgive him, but we can't miss so many Yulin Army soldiers just because of him."

Chen Ji bowed and said, "Your Highness is too worried, and he doesn't take his humble position to heart."

The prince looked at him for a moment and sighed: "Today, the Yulin Army has been out of food for a day, and can only rely on drinking water to survive. If you don't eat tomorrow, you will probably lose the strength to kill the enemy."

Chen Ji immediately said, "Please be content with your highness. I will definitely find food for the Yulin Army tomorrow."

The prince's eyes lit up: "You are so generous, you already have the heart of the priest."

He took a string of Buddhist treasures from his wrist and handed them to Chen Ji: "This is a thousand taels of silver, all of which will be handed over to you. The more food the better."

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...

The third day of the siege.

Before dawn, Longmen Inn became lively.

Chen Ji stood by the window frame and saw Xiao Wu through the gap. Xiao Liu sent Guyuan merchants into the stables one by one, and sent seven of them away in one night.

All the goods brought by the merchant were swallowed by the inn and disappeared.

Zhang Xia stood up and came to him and whispered: "Do you want to give Yulin Army food? Don't care what others say, 'The overall situation is the most important.' My father said that life is just a few decades, and it passes in the blink of an eye. There is no need to be wronged for others."

Chen Ji closed the window: "I am not focusing on the overall situation. Hu Junxian may have to open the door to offer the city. At that time, the food will not be sold at the price. I will take advantage of the last opportunity to earn all the money I can earn."

Zhang Xia was quick-minded: "Open the door and offer the city? Then we must move to the cellar today. It is safest to hide there. You can leave at dawn. Then walk on Xuwei Lane, and there are few people on that passerby."

Chen Ji nodded: "I can only feel at ease when I put you in the cellar."

Without saying a word, Zhang Xia turned around and patted Xiaoman who was still napping, and packed his luggage together.

Before the sky could light up completely, Chen Ji quietly opened the door, and the four men came out in a row and walked quietly downstairs.

As soon as he left the inn, Chen Ji realized something was wrong.

When someone saw them going out, he immediately lowered his hat and put it behind them. Chen Ji ignored it, but after walking more than ten feet, another group of people came up.

As soon as I walked out of Kucha Street, four groups of people were adorned.

They did not avoid traces, Chen Ji accelerated their pace, and they also accelerated their pace; Chen Ji stopped, and they also stopped; Chen Ji turned around and looked at him, and they blatantly looked at Chen Ji.

Zhang Xia whispered: "I recognize these people. They have bought news from you. They are local snakes in Guyuan. I think they are panicked by this besieged city. If they can't buy news, they can only follow you."
Chapter completed!