Ruthless debt

Early the next morning, the two woke up and saw the old man filling the water bag in the yard, and the dry food prepared by the well. Seeing them coming, they got up and gave some careful instructions.

After parting, the two of them didn't dare to delay for a moment, so they hurriedly set out on the road. They said it was half a day's journey but they only walked for two hours.

Walking in front of the city tower, the guards at the city gate stepped forward to question them. They only said that they came to the capital to visit their relatives. The man saw that they did not look like villains, so he let them into the city without much trouble.

Now that I have entered the city, I will go to see the head of my country. It is indeed a small country, and the city is not as prosperous as other countries. There are only a few businessmen on the streets on both sides, and there are even hungry people begging everywhere. Don't even think about it Knowing that this situation was all thanks to Mu Xuanqing, Prince Che couldn't help clenching his fists.

Coincidentally, seeing a group of people and horses in front of them, dozens of guards in military uniforms and riding tall horses came towards this side surrounded by a chariot.Seeing this, the prince Che said to Zuo Qi: "Heaven will help us if we want to come, he came here before anything happened." After speaking, he walked towards the middle of the street.

When the guards saw someone blocking the drive, they immediately shouted: "Who is the person who came? Seeing that the king did not kneel down but blocked the way, I don't want the head on the neck."

Although the prince Che knelt down on one knee, he was neither humble nor overbearing. He took out something from his sleeve and held it in both hands, and said loudly: "Prince Qian Che, the head of the Qu Kingdom, has met the Lord of the Ling Kingdom." The person inside immediately lifted the curtain and came out.

This person is the lord of Linguo——Cheng Huo.

Zuo Qi saw that he was only in his thirties, although he was ordinary in appearance, he had an extraordinary bearing, he was indeed the lord of a country.

Seeing that the lord got off the horse, all the guards naturally jumped off their horses and knelt down together with everyone.I saw Cheng Huo squinting at the two kneeling not far away, his expression was solemn, and he didn't know what he was thinking about.

After a long while, he said unhurriedly: "You said you are the prince of Qu country, how can I believe you?"

Prince Che looked at him: "There is a seal as evidence."

"Present." After saying that, he saw a bodyguard rushing over behind him, took the object from Prince Che's hand, and hurried back.

After taking it over for a closer look, he couldn't tell the truth from the fake, but he saw that this person was not like an ordinary person, and he had an innate arrogance. He said that he was the prince Che, so it was almost indistinguishable.

Cheng Huo Xingzhi came forward and helped the prince Che up: "I heard that you have gone to Shuo Kingdom as a hostage, why did you come here today?"

Prince Che said: "Your Majesty, Qian Che will come here one by one, it's just that it's inconvenient to speak here, can you find another place?"

Cheng Huo took him into the Luanjia, and ordered someone to prepare a horse for Zuoqi, and then got up and drove back to the palace.

After retreating from the screen and treating others, there were only three of them left in front of the palace and behind the palace. Cheng Huo was slightly different, the former was a little indifferent, but the latter seemed to be discouraged, showing a slightly depressed attitude.

I saw him sigh softly: "Even if you don't tell me, you can guess a little bit, this time you only brought one person through this country, and you don't have any customs clearance documents with you. You must have fled. Are you not afraid of me?" Take you and send it to Mu Xuanqing to claim credit?"

The prince Che pursed his lips into a smile, and said in a calm manner: "Your Majesty has already shown his resentment by calling the Lord of Shuo Kingdom by name, so how could he send me to ask for credit? Besides, Your Majesty knows that I did not come back for no reason. , if I return to the country safely, it will only be beneficial to Your Majesty."

“How come you see?”

The prince Che took two steps forward: "Why not? Mu Xuanqing looks forward to his heroism, and he doesn't care about what he has done since he took the throne, but the nations have always dared to be angry and dare not speak out, so they can only be bullied by him." But our country has always stood up to him, if he hadn't been afraid, he would have already stretched out his eagle claws, looking at the world, who else can match him except Qu country?"

He looked earnestly at Prince Che, as if he had found a long-awaited light: "I don't know what your words mean?"

The prince Che said angrily: "To be honest, Qian Che has long since decided to be at odds with Mu Xuanqing. If I don't kill him in this life, I will be the prince of his country in vain."

Hearing this, Cheng Huo burst out laughing, until he burst into tears before giving up.Then he shook his head again, and said with a helpless face: "Why did I never think about it? It's just that I am not as good as others today. If I hadn't cared about the people in a city, I would have raised my sword and fought him to the death. It's worth dying to be able to breathe out the bad breath in my chest. Now I'm just lingering on my breath. Not only will the common people suffer humiliation with me, but it will also shame the ancestors. What's the point of being alive..." said Then he lowered his head again, only shaking his head vigorously.

Prince Che comforted him: "Your Majesty is suffering in his heart, Qian Che naturally knows that His Majesty will still need to protect the people in the future, so don't blame yourself anymore."

After being silent for a while, Cheng Huo seemed to suddenly think of something, so he hurriedly said: "When will you leave, I will go and prepare the customs clearance document."

The prince Che said: "To tell you the truth, there are turmoil in our country and we cannot delay it. If your majesty allows it, we will leave for a while."

While drafting the documents, Cheng Huo said to Prince Che, "That's fine, even though our country's economy is in recession, we can still afford a few fast horses, and I'll order people to prepare the horses after I finish drafting the documents for customs clearance. "

Not long after, everything was ready, Cheng Huo sent the people to the gate of the city, and wanted to send people to escort them, but was rejected by the prince Che, saying that there were too many people but it would be easy to delay, so now he had to give up.

The two fast horses presented by Cheng Huo are naturally no problem. They have been driving for more than 2000 miles without stopping day and night.It's just that no matter how good the horse is, it will die from exhaustion at this moment. After running for several days, the two of them are a little powerless at this time, so they want to rest for half a day, and then go on the road after recovering.

Fortunately, they had arrived at the border town of Quguo at this time, and they had the hundred taels of gold gifted by Cheng Huo on their bodies. Naturally, they could be exchanged for two good horses for a rest, so the two found a random inn to live in, and took care of the inn. The man bought two horses for it.

I haven't eaten well in the past few days, the most important thing right now is to fill my dry stomach.

After a while, the food and drink were all ready, and the two of them just immersed themselves in eating without saying a word.In the hall, there are some playboys who talk about the affairs of Fengyue, and they find it interesting to vaguely listen to them. There are also some high-spirited young talents who talk about their families, the country, the world, and the customs of the people. He nodded frequently, only to applaud.

I only heard one of them whispering: "If you want to talk about the whole country, the one I admire the most is the senior doctor Zuo Gong. I was lucky enough to meet him a few years ago. I only know that although he is in a high position, he has no official pretensions and treats the people like his own son." I won't mention it, let's talk about other officials who are green and purple, who travels without driving a high-end car, and the accompanying guards are at least dozens or hundreds, but Dr. Zuo has always only brought a servant, even a commoner can do it. Come forward and have a chat."

Another person said: "Who says no? I lived in the capital in the early years, and I met him a few times. I think those of us who are scholars do not believe in him, but..." The man shook his head, and then sighed softly. , looked a little regretful, and said: "Sigh, sigh, where can I find a humerus loyal minister like Dr. Zuo now? It's only because the king is old and stupid, and now he is a treacherous minister. I think that Ye Yibiao is also the same." Generations of virtuous officials, but now they are colluding with the Nine Princes to frame Zhongliang, his country is in danger, the people of the world are in danger, Zuo Gong is full of grievances, who can he complain to..."

The person who was talking to him hurriedly interrupted his words, and said in a low voice: "Keep your voice down, don't let people hear you." But it was too late, Zuo Qi heard it clearly, especially the last sentence sentence.

Zuo Qi immediately flew over, grabbed the man's skirt and asked sharply: "Repeat what you just said, why Zuo Gong's family has been wronged, don't talk nonsense."