The morning sun of crossing

When the last rays of the setting sun slipped away from the sky, and when Ren Kailin and Lu Yi returned with the processed game, Xu Qingcang had already started the fire.

At this time, it was still warm during the day and when the sun went down, the wind began to blow from time to time, but a group of people sitting around the fire did not feel cold.

Seeing his nephew staring intently at the pheasant in his hand and turning it carefully, his face was a little red against the firelight but he was filled with uncontrollable joy, Xu Qingcang smiled.

"Pang Zhi, did you say you're familiar with it?" Wen Chenxu asked as he brought the pheasant in front of him to see the scent getting stronger and stronger.

"It looks like it's ripe, how about I take a bite and taste it?" Pang Zhi said.

"Let's bake it for a while longer!" Wen Chenxu thought for a while and said.

Turning the rabbit in his hand, his nephew would be disappointed if it was burnt, so Xu Qingcang would sweep the chicken in his nephew's hand from time to time.

"Xiao Xu, it's already familiar." Xu Qingcang reminded, looking at his hand again.

Hearing this, Wen Chenxu quickly withdrew his hand as if he was afraid that it would burn if he baked it too much.

Taking a look at the delicious and hot grilled chicken, Wen Chenxu touched a handkerchief and pulled a chicken leg down and handed it out, "Uncle eats chicken legs!"

Seeing that he handed it to him first, Xu Qingcang took it with a smile on his face, took a big bite without caring about the heat, and boasted: "It's delicious!"

Seeing his eating, Wen Chenxu rolled his eyes. Just now, his uncle was always staring at his hands, and he was really hungry.

"I want to eat chicken drumsticks too, Chen Xu, you can't favor one over another!" Seeing that Xu Qingcang had already started eating, Pang Zhi, who was already hungry, cried out.

After Wen Chenxu tore off the other side of the chicken leg and stuffed it to him, Pang Zhicai ate it under Xu Qingcang's stare.

The other rabbits and spores hadn't been roasted yet, Wen Chenxu kept a pair of chicken wings and distributed the rest to Ren Kailin, Lu Yi, and the man in black named Xuan Shiliu.

After gnawing a chicken leg until only the bones were left, Pang Zhicai emptied his mouth and boasted: "Chen Xu, you roast it so delicious!"

Although the main reason is that the seasoning is delicious, but it is already very good to be able to control the heat for the first time.

Thinking of the bird he roasted into charcoal before, Wen Chenxu pursed his lips and smiled, and accepted the compliment.

A meal of wild game made them all round their stomachs, and Pang Zhi was still thinking about the next time.

It was the first time that he was still outside at such a late hour. Wen Chenxu looked up at the sky full of stars and couldn't see the edge at a glance, and suddenly felt that he was very small.

Xu Qingcang, who was sitting beside him, threw two dead branches into the fire, turned his head and saw him looking up at the sky, and couldn't help but raise his head too.

There is no moon tonight, but those twinkling stars decorate the dark sky beautifully.

"The stars in the frontier are also so bright." Xu Qingcang said momentarily.

Hearing him mention the frontier fortress, Wen Chenxu turned around and curiously asked him to talk about the frontier fortress.

Pang Zhi was also interested in this, so he looked at him with his face lifted.

Seeing that they wanted to know, Xu Qingcang slowly began to talk about it.

In the light of the fire, under his narration, Wen Chenxu seemed to see the desolate frontier fortress and the group of passionate soldiers.

When they were busy separately, Xuan Shiyi took out things from the carriage and set up two tents, one large and one small, next to them, and made it clear that the small one was used by Wen Chenxu alone.

When it was late, Xu Qingcang sent Wen Chenxu to the small tent, while Pang Zhi went to the big tent next to it.

Later, after the four of them agreed to divide the vigil into two groups, Xu Qingcang and Xuan Shiliu also advanced into the big tent.

In the afternoon, I was on my way. Before Pang Zhi collected dead branches and ran around, he was already tired. He almost fell asleep as soon as he entered the tent.

After Wen Chenxu returned to the tent, he took out a pen and paper, wrote a letter and sent it out before falling asleep with a smile on his face.

The next day's weather was not bad, but it was a bit windy. Thinking of Chu Chengchen's explanation, Wen Chenxu consciously put on some clothes.

Ren Kailin lit a fire and boiled some hot water with the pot he brought out, and served it with the snacks in the carriage as breakfast.

He ate a bit too much last night, Wen Chenxu was not very hungry, so he stopped after eating a snack with hot water.

Pang Zhi guessed that he didn't like these very much, so he clapped his hands and stopped eating after spending three yuan.

Seeing that they were still eating, Pang Zhi stood up, stretched, walked behind Wen Chenxu and said, "Let's go for a walk around."

Seeing him pushing his nephew away, although he didn't go far, Xu Qingcang still ate the snacks in his hand and stood up to follow.

Finding that Xu Qingcang was following, Pang Zhi no longer just circled around, but went to the nearby place with lush vegetation.

"These flowers are so beautiful!" Wen Chenxu said, looking at the small purple flowers growing among the weeds.

"Don't get too close to the grass and watch out for snakes!" Xu Qingcang reminded from behind.

"I know." Hearing that there might be a snake, Pang Zhi didn't want to stay here any longer, and he bowed his head and said, "If you like it, I'll pick some and go back to have a look!"

Before Wen Chenxu had time to say no, he had already picked it up.

Because he was reminded of the snake just now, Pang Zhi didn't go any further, but leaned forward and reached out to pick the flowers.

"careful!"

Seeing that his body was suddenly swaying forward and about to fall, Wen Chenxu quickly reached out and pulled the clothes on his lower back.

Seeing that he was about to fall, Xu Qingcang wanted to laugh at him for not being able to stand still. When he saw his nephew pulling him, he fell forward with him, and Dang even ran over.

No one thought that the back of this piece of grass and trees was actually empty, Pang Zhi took Wen Chenxu and fell down, and Xu Qingcang who ran over saw that it was too late to hold his nephew, so he simply followed him down.

There was a slope below, Xu Qingcang not only couldn't reach his nephew when he got down, but also couldn't stand up because of the slippery feeling under his body, and couldn't stop even if he wanted to.

The three of them rolled around for an unknown amount of time, and finally stopped after a plop, raising a pile of dead leaves.

"Is Xiaoxu okay?"

"Is Chen Xu okay?"

While stopping, Xu Qingcang and Pang Zhi hurriedly looked at Wen Chenxu without caring about themselves.

The slope was full of grass, except for feeling dizzy, Wen Chenxu didn't feel any discomfort, so he shook his head, "It's okay."

Xu Qingcang walked up to him and checked it before he felt relieved, and turned his head to look behind him.

At first glance, it was full of green grass, Xu Qingcang took a closer look, and found that the slope they descended was not only long but also too sloping, almost a straight line, and the grass on the slope was not slippery.

Trying to go up, Xu Qingcang guessed that he might not be able to go up.

"Pang Zhi, are you injured?" Wen Chenxu asked, noticing his pale face.

Hearing this, Xu Qingcang turned around and walked in front of him, squatted down and said: "Where is the injury?"

"It's okay, it's just that my leg seemed to hit a rock just now." Pang Zhi said.

The sharp stone next to him was reddish, and Xu Qingcang rolled up his trouser legs with a slightly calm expression.

Xu Qingcang breathed a sigh of relief after checking and found that there was no muscle or bone injury. He took out the medicine he brought with him from his arms and sprinkled it on him, then tore the hem of his clothes to help him bandage it up, "It's okay, it's just a scratch, although the cut It's a bit deep but it's good to raise it for a while."

Pang Zhi also breathed a sigh of relief, then bowed his head and said, "It's all my fault..."

"Needless to say, you are the only one who is unlucky anyway." Xu Qingcang interrupted him.

Although he was not injured when he rolled down, there was a lot of grass juice on his face and body.He didn't care about it just now, but now Wen Chenxu felt a little uncomfortable and took out his handkerchief to wipe his face.

Seeing his nephew's things and not sure if the grass was harmful, Xu Qingcang stood up to see where there was water.

Before, he only paid attention to the slope they came down from, but now looking ahead, Xu Qingcang was surprised to find that there was a small village surrounded by mountains not far ahead.

Although they will definitely find Ren Kailin later, Xu Qingcang feels that if they don't have a long enough rope, they still have to find another way out.

You can see the village at a glance after coming down from the left and right, so Xu Qingcang decided to take them to the village first.

"Come up."

Seeing the person squatting in front of him, Pang Zhi was a little puzzled, but obediently lay on his back.

After picking him up, Xu Qingcang reached out to hug his nephew again.

"Uncle, where are we going? You can put me down first, it's too heavy." Wen Chenxu said.

"Uncle is a general anyway, so he still has some strength." Xu Qingcang held him steadily and motioned him to look ahead, "Let's go to the village to see."

Knowing his weight, Pang Zhi didn't dare to move, he just said: "It's a pity that the wheelchair didn't fall off just now."

Xu Qingcang was almost laughed stupidly by him, "If the wheelchair gets off too, you won't just break your legs."

Sure enough, the village was not far away, but it was almost a quarter of an hour away.

"Uncle, there are people here, let's go here!" Pang Zhi said when he saw the thatched cottage outside the village.

Xu Qingcang nodded, walked over and stopped outside the fence.

"Child!"

Seeing the child washing clothes in the yard, Pang Zhi called out first, and waved after seeing him look up, "Come here, open the door."

The child who was about seven or eight years old was not afraid of people, he threw his clothes into the basin and walked over, "Who are you? Is there something wrong?"

Originally, he caused them to fall, but now he has to carry it on his uncle's back. Pang Zhi felt a little guilty, and just wanted to get down quickly, so he took out a few pieces of silver and threw it to him, "Let's just use water as an excuse to rest our feet."

Reflexively took the thing he threw at him, and when he opened his hand and saw that it was silver, the child's eyes lit up, and then he glanced at Xu Qingcang who was carrying him behind his back, and quickly opened the chaimen.

After opening the door, the child ran in and pulled out the bamboo bed in the main room, and then ran in to pour water for them.

Putting the two of them on the bamboo bed, Xu Qingcang scooped up a basin of water from the water tank in the yard and brought them over.

"Thank you uncle." Wen Chenxu finally felt comfortable after washing his hands and face with water.

"Drink water!" The child came over carefully carrying three bowls of water.

Fearing that he would drop the bowl, Wen Chenxu quickly took two bowls over and said with a smile, "Thank you."

Seeing his gentle smile, the child froze for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No...you're welcome."

Seeing them drinking water, the child sneaked a look at them out of the corner of his eyes, and found that the clothes they were wearing were really nice, and so was the big brother who was smiling at him just now.

After drinking the water in one breath, Xu Qingcang looked down at the child and said, "What's your name?"

"Chen Aniu."

"What kind of village are you here?"

"Wang Family Village."

"Where is the way out?"

"Turn over any mountain and go out." The child pointed to the surrounding mountain roads.

Hearing this, Xu Qingcang glanced around and had to admit that they really rolled into a urn.

Seeing that he had nothing to ask, the child squatted in front of the tub to wash his clothes.

Wen Chenxu looked at the yard with a bowl in his hand, and when he saw him washing clothes again, he couldn't help asking, "Where's your family?"

The movement of the child's hands paused, and he lowered his head without gnawing.

Seeing the drops of water dripping into the basin, Wen Chenxu raised his head and looked at his uncle helplessly.

Casting a "nothing" look at him, Xu Qingcang walked over and squatted in front of the child, "A man bleeds but doesn't shed tears, you can tell us what happened at home."

"It's okay." Biting his lip, the child shook his head and continued rubbing his clothes.

Snapped--

The child was holding a corner of his clothes and rubbing it vigorously, and ran in when he heard the sound of a bowl falling down in the room.

Watching him enter the house, Xu Qingcang stood up and said: "It is estimated that the family member is sick, and it should be fine to leave some money when he leaves."

"En." Wen Chenxu nodded, and put the bowl in his hand aside.

"Are we waiting here?" Pang Zhi asked.

"I guess they are coming soon." Xu Qingcang also sat down.

The palace, the imperial study.

After Chu Chengchen who was sitting on the top threw down several memorials, the ministers in the imperial study room all knelt down.

Seeing them kneeling down, Chu Chengchen, who looked slightly cold, didn't speak, but just looked at them quietly.

After waiting for the emperor's punishment for a long time, the minister kneeling below became even more worried.

Just as the atmosphere in the imperial study room became more and more condensed, there was a knocking sound from outside the window.

Chu Chengchen's expression turned colder at first, then he waved his hand towards Fu'an as if thinking of something.

Going to the past and opening the window, Fuan was relieved to see the bird.

Well done!

Thinking of the atmosphere just now, Fu An touched the bird and took the letter off his lap, handed the bird to the little eunuch at the side first, and then turned back to Chu Chengchen.

After receiving the letter from him, Chu Chengchen's complexion improved a little. When he saw that the young man said in the letter that he wanted to roast game for himself when he came back, and he said that he took good care of himself outside, his eyes softened.

When he saw that the boy finally cared about him and talked about himself, the anger in Chu Chengchen's heart disappeared.

After reading the letter twice, Chu Chengchen carefully put it down.

Feeling that the emperor's anger disappeared, the ministers, who were sweating behind their backs under the pressure of his aura, knelt down a little more firmly.

Although he was in a good mood, Chu Chengchen did not let go of these people.

However, the ministers who had not expected to escape punishment were relieved.