Chongzhen Sunset Song

?one

Where is this...?

When I opened my eyes again, the surroundings were dark, and I couldn't tell where I was.Xi Zhao rubbed his eyes, sat up with his limp body propped up, and when his vision was blurred, he saw a dark figure in front of him, motionless.Xi Zhao was startled, and looked intently, the figure was none other than Eunuch Ma.

"Are you awake?" Eunuch Ma said openly.

correct!He was originally out of the palace with Eunuch Ma, but not long after he left the palace, he was fainted...

"Eunuch Ma, are you alright?" Xi Zhao asked, recalling what happened before he fainted.

"It's okay?" Eunuch Ma said in a strange voice, "It's okay, it's a serious matter! Guess where it is?"

"Where is it?" Xi Zhao hurriedly asked.

"Outside Beijing, the Golden Army Camp!"

What? !Xi Zhao was so startled that her eyeballs almost fell out, she couldn't help standing up abruptly, staring around with wide eyes.Although the light was dim, he could vaguely tell that he was in a tent.Some tattered boxes were piled up scattered on the ground, and a few rays of light came in from the opposite side. If you look closely, there seems to be a door curtain over there.Xi Zhao walked over, opened the curtain and poked his head out, only to see two strangely dressed soldiers staring at him at the door, yelling at him in an incomprehensible language.Xi Zhao quickly retracted, took a few steps back, and sat down on the ground.

"Wang Cheng'en is a bastard, even if I'm a ghost, I can't spare him!" I don't know if he is desperate for this situation, or he hates it to the extreme, and he has almost no energy to hate. That menacing momentum.

"You said... the prince sold us here?" Xi Zhao was paralyzed on the ground, his mind in a mess.

"Who else could it be! How could it be such a coincidence, as soon as we left the palace, someone was waiting with sweat medicine in their pockets, a fool can see that this is arranged!"

"Then what do you think we should do..." Xi Zhao asked in a tearful voice.

"What to do, how does our family know what to do! He is dead anyway, and it would be convenient to seek revenge on that bastard!" Eunuch Ma rolled his eyes at Xi Zhao, and gritted his teeth.

Death... After hearing this, Xi Zhao's heart sank, and he sat on the ground blankly, even losing the energy to cry.

The sky was completely dark, and the light coming in through the cracks in the curtains flickered, which seemed to be the torches by the tent.After eating the food stuffed in from outside the curtain, Xi Zhao hugged her knees and sat curled up in a corner, feeling a little calmer than when she just woke up.No binding of hands, no binding of feet, and food, it seems that the matter of immortality, I am afraid that it has not yet reached that point.Why don't you try to escape while you have the strength, otherwise you will be too sorry for the untied treatment.However, there are guards at the door, how to escape?Thinking about it, Xi Zhao moved to the door of the tent, opened the curtain a little, and looked out secretly.Outside were soldiers in the same clothes, holding weapons and holding torches, walking over and over again.The two gatekeepers were still standing there motionless like gate gods.Xizhao was discouraged, and leaned softly on the pillar beside the door curtain.I don't know what my fate is, it seems to have a special fate with the word escape.Xizhao thought.After escaping from Wei Zhongxian's hands, he was not dispatched to that wild place; although he could temporarily hide in the former doorman's house, he was almost betrayed and had to run away again.Needless to say, the life of petty theft in the next few years, but after being in the palace for a year, he escaped from the palace with great difficulty, and now he is imprisoned in the camp of the Golden Army... I don’t know if I can escape this incident smoothly this time. robbery.Sunset looked at the top of the tent and prayed secretly.

Eunuch Ma sat in the other corner of the tent, looking dazed, expressionless, and did not speak to Xizhao, he was completely different from the bossy and scolding Eunuch Ma in the palace.Xizhao didn't move the food at his feet, it seemed that this incident really made him depressed to the bottom.Xi Zhao felt a little pity in his heart, and wanted to go up to talk to him and comfort him, but suddenly he heard a movement outside the door, Xi Zhao opened the curtain and looked out, only to feel a gust of wind, the two door gods who were supposed to be guarding the door It disappeared!Xi Zhao rubbed his eyes, and looked further away, not only the door god was gone, but even the number of patrolling soldiers seemed to be much less.Xizhao was ecstatic in her heart, and hurriedly greeted back:

"Eunuch Ma! Eunuch Ma! Come and see! The guard is gone!"

Eunuch Ma was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses and hurriedly crawled to the door curtain.

"Could it be that it's night and go to sleep?" Xi Zhao whispered, "This opportunity is not lost, let's escape now!"

"Sleep? Hmph, I'm afraid it's just a changing of the guard, and there are guards of the Golden Army outside, how can we get out of the camp if we run out of this tent?" Although Eunuch Ma said so, there was more in his eyes. Brilliant, and people are much more energetic.

Xizhao thinks about it too, a little frustrated.Eunuch Ma patted the dirt on his body and sat back in his original place.Sure enough, in less than a cup of tea, there was another commotion outside the curtain. Xizhao peeked at it, and it turned out that the guard had returned.

"Hey..." Xizhao sighed softly.

"If you come in, don't expect to be able to get out." Eunuch Ma said weakly in the depths of the tent, "Since that bastard's ruthless hand, there is absolutely no reason to show mercy. If you want to kill our family, it takes so much trouble. Wang Ba is really good at doing things."

"Ma Eunuch, what's the matter with the prince? He can hate you so much..." Xi Zhao asked cautiously, afraid of stirring up any sensitive nerves of Eunuch Ma.

"Isn't it because our family said a few more words a while ago and cut off one of his sources of income. Who would have thought that he could kill me for a little money! It's just that our family is not as ruthless as him. If we cut off that bastard's bastard earlier! Fate, what happened today!"

Seeing that Eunuch Ma was getting angry again, Xi Zhao didn't dare to ask any more questions, lest he would start cursing again like in the small courtyard with gray walls.And Eunuch Ma is not the usual Eunuch Ma, after a few words, he actually shut up and stopped talking.

two

It was late at night, the tent was pitch black, and the air was bitterly cold.Xizhao nestled in the corner, too cold to fall asleep.The eunuch Ma was tossing and turning, probably unable to bear the cold.Xi Zhao glanced at the boxes piled up in the corner of the tent, wondering if there were any things inside that could keep out the cold?Thinking about it, Xi Zhao stood up, rubbed her hands, groped for a box and opened it to check.The lid of the box was ajar, Xizhao pushed open the lid, reached out to touch it, and pulled it hard again, a warm current surged up in my heart—the box was actually stuffed with quilts!I don’t know if it’s because Jin Jun’s heart is afraid that the captives will be frozen, or if he happened to be locked up in the material warehouse where the quilts are placed, anyway, my luck is really good, otherwise I won’t be killed by Jin Jun, and I will freeze to death soon Here it is.

"Eunuch Ma! There are bedding in the box..."

The excited Xizhao just wanted to tell Eunuch Ma about this great news, when suddenly Eunuch Ma got up, made a gesture to make Xizhao quiet, lay down on the tent, and listened carefully.Xi Zhao was curious, so she moved over, only listening to someone outside the tent speaking in broken Chinese, vaguely, she seemed to hear the word "Yuan Chonghuan".

"The visitor has been arranged to wait in the other tent. Here is the letter. General, please read it."

"Bring it to me."

There was a rustling sound that sounded like paper rubbing against each other.

"Well... I already know the meaning of the letter. You go and tell the sender that the gold and silver treasures will be delivered as promised in three days, and please don't forget the promise in the letter."

"Yes."

"and many more."

"What else does the general want?"

"For the matter of Mangui, let him convey my thanks to the supervisor on my behalf."

"Understood. The slave will go now."

The footsteps gradually faded away, and after a while, the tent was completely quiet.

"What... do you mean?" Xi Zhao couldn't take it easy for a while, and looked at Eunuch Ma in a daze.

"What do you mean!? What else can this mean!?" Eunuch Ma stared, his hands trembling, although his voice was lowered, the excitement almost burst out of his words.

"Yuan Chonghuan collaborated with the enemy!!"

three

For a few seconds, the two looked at each other, not knowing how to deal with this shocking incident, but it was Eunuch Ma who stood up abruptly and broke the silence.

"Our family can't die here, we must tell the emperor about this!" The gloom just now has long since disappeared, and the few words outside the tent filled Eunuch Ma with fighting spirit, "Escape from here, go back alive, Make a great contribution in front of the emperor, and let that bastard know that I, Ma Sanbao, can be harmed by him if he wants!"

"But how to escape?..." Xi Zhao was not as excited as Eunuch Ma. In his opinion, no matter how important and confidential the news was, their situation remained unchanged and they were still locked in this dark tent. The sky should not respond, and the earth should not work.

"..." Eunuch Ma was speechless for a while, thinking he had recovered a bit, sighed heavily, and sat down on the ground.

"It's freezing cold here, I'd better warm up first, and then think of a way to escape." Saying that, Xi Zhao got up and dragged out a few quilts from the box just now, and put them beside Eunuch Ma, while searching for other boxes , to see what else is available.

The boxes were opened one by one, and there were quilts inside.Could it really be just a quilt warehouse... Just as Xi Zhao was about to give up searching, she suddenly saw a box in the corner, and it was just put there. For some reason, it seemed a little special.Xi Zhao stepped forward, opened the lid of the box, and touched it with her hand. The box was also soft, but the feel was a little different. Xi Zhao tugged with the strength of dragging the quilt, but with a whimper, she pulled out the box easily.This looks like... a cloak?After identifying it for a long time, Xi Zhao suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Could this be the kind of cotton cape worn by Jin Jun outside?Xi Zhao hurriedly took it to the door curtain, opened a little gap, and took a closer look with the light outside the tent...

"Eunuch Ma! We are saved!" The cloak was exactly the same as that worn by the Jin Army outside. Xizhao couldn't hide the ecstasy in his heart, so he quickly showed it to Eunuch Ma beside him.

"What's the meaning?!"

"Look! Isn't this the cloak of a soldier of the Golden Army? Put it on, pretend to be a soldier of the Golden Army, and run away during the changing of the guard!"

Eunuch Ma also lifted his spirits in an instant, took the cloak, went to the door curtain to borrow light, and looked at it in front of his eyes.Xizhao also followed, her heart pounding, fearing that she might be wrong, and she would be happy for nothing.But no matter how you look at it, besides, this place is the camp of the Jin Army. If it is not the clothes of the Jin Army, who else can it be?

"It's true! It's true!" Eunuch Ma clutched his cloak tightly, his voice trembling with excitement.

"I'll see if there are any more!" Xi Zhao ran to the side of the box, and continued to rummage through, and sure enough, there were still some!Xi Zhao was just about to pull out the cloak, put it on her body, and then carefully discuss the details of the escape with the eunuch Ma who was holding the cloak like a treasure, when suddenly, an important question flashed through her mind.Xi Zhao suddenly held her breath, it's okay, it's okay, she hasn't gotten too excited yet.He collected himself, breathed evenly, put the cloak back quietly, and carefully covered the box.

"How is it? Is there any more?" Eunuch Ma asked back.

"Hey..." Xi Zhao sighed and shook her head.

The atmosphere suddenly cooled down.

Sunset walked back slowly.Eunuch Ma stared at him, turned around subconsciously, and hugged the cloak tightly, without any intention of giving it up to Xi Zhao.Xi Zhao didn't come to fight with Eunuch Ma, but just sat back in his corner.

"Put it on and run away."

Eunuch Ma was a little surprised, his arms protected the cloak firmly, he only poked his head over, watching the setting sun vigilantly with his small eyes.

"What? You don't want to run?"

"Of course I want to, but...there is only one cloak..." Xi Zhao hugged her knees and said pitifully, "The villain has thought about it, I am just a little eunuch who has just entered the palace, without me, I don't think so." No one remembers. But Mr. Ma is the supervisor of the Zhidian, and he is kind to the villain, and the palace can't do without you. What's more, you still have to report the important confidential matter to the emperor, and only you can report the frame-up You can't die here, and you were also framed by Wang Chengen, and suffered this disaster for nothing, and the villain doesn't want to just fulfill the villain's wish like this."

Xi Zhao paused every word, and her tone was extremely sincere, as if she really made the determination to risk her life.The eunuch Ma was also obviously moved. Although he couldn't think of any kindness he had towards the young man in front of him, he half-believingly relaxed his arms holding the cloak tightly, moved his lips, and didn't say a word for a long time.

"If in the end, the villain really dies here, Eunuch Ma, you have to pay the villain's share and avenge this arrow." Xi Zhao turned around and faced this Eunuch Ma, shedding a few tears , knocked his head heavily.

Eunuch Ma hesitated for a moment, finally let go of his guard, sighed, but seemed to be relieved, raised his hand, and patted Xi Zhao's shoulder.

"You...what's your name?"

"The villain's name is... Zhang Dexiu."