Jiaohua

Chapter 135 Exchange Conditions
The carriages are double-drivers, stepping on the waterway, going from the city gate to the city.

Two soldiers led the horses in front, the road was bumpy, and water splashed all the way.

Two lanterns are hung on each of the lampposts along the street, and the water light illuminates the lights, making the whole city radiant.

But the street was deserted and there were no people there.

Now the whole city is under martial law, and the people are strictly prohibited from going out again, and those who violate it will be executed directly.

After more than half an hour, the carriage finally stopped, and the guard opened the curtain: "General."

With a cold face, Zhao Xi took the first step, and stepped out with his huge body first.

He Chuanjiang looked at the veteran shoe repairer and raised his hand to ask: "Mr. please first."

The old craftsman didn't shirk, got up and left.

There are more than 40 high steps upwards, which is a wide flat ground paved with square bricks. Jin Wei Surong stood around and saluted after seeing Zhao Xi.

Yuan Tianqing and Zhu Pei greeted him: "General!"

He Chuanjiang made a secret look, motioning for them to leave.

Yuan Tianqing and Zhu Pei paused, nodded, saluted Zhao Xixu, and stepped aside.

Before leaving, their eyes coincidently looked at the old man behind Zhao Yu, but they couldn't see why.

"Would you like something to eat?" Zhao Yuan turned around and asked.

"I've eaten," said the old craftsman, turned his head to look at Yuan Tianqing and Zhu Pei over there, and said, "The people around the general are all great talents."

"You know them?"

The old craftsman smiled, leaning on a bamboo stick and walking towards the stone railing to the west, he said, "The general brought people here to quell the chaos, but ended up being imprisoned, do you regret it?"

Zhao Xuan walked beside him, looked at the front coldly, and said, "Speak up if you have something to say, and speak up if you have a plan. I have no regrets!"

"If it weren't for your surname Zhao and leading the tiger to the camp, I would never have imagined that a person with such a temper as you would be one of the main generals in Zheng Guogong's mansion." The old craftsman laughed.

Zhao Xi was already trying his best to suppress his anger, so he didn't speak.

He Chuanjiang stroked his beard, lowered his head slightly, and remained silent.

The old craftsman stopped in front of the stone railing, looked up at the western sky, and said, "Standing here during the day, can you see those people?"

"Invisible," Zhao Xuan also looked up, and said, "It's too far away, they are at Wanshan Pass."

"Wanshan Pass," the old craftsman said with a smile, "Peifeng's terrain is rather high, it will take them a day to ride there on horseback, but you need to go there faster, why don't you go there and deal with them?"

Zhao Xi was about to speak, but He Chuanjiang gently pressed him down, implying him not to speak.

The old craftsman laughed again and said, "If you don't believe me, why did you bring me here?"

He Chuanjiang paused, thought for a while, and said: "We have fought, but the opponent has enough troops and enough food to grab, and people go to join them every day. We have no relief, and we cannot afford any defeat. Every day The next time they lose, their morale goes up, and we do the opposite. And when we win, their morale goes up instead, and they will pounce even more crazily."

"Sure enough, this military spirit is the key to victory." The old craftsman said.

"Sir, do you have a plan to get us out of this predicament?" He Chuanjiang cupped his hands and said, "We are currently in a passive situation. Apart from this group of rogues, another force has recently formed in the northwest direction. There are wolves in front and tigers in the back. We It’s not that we’re afraid of fighting, but that our situation is really inconvenient to fight.”

The old craftsman didn't speak for a long time. He looked back at them and said, "What did I think was the matter? It turns out that it's just that the reinforcements didn't arrive, and the relief didn't come, which made you fall into this situation?"

He Chuanjiang's face was slightly embarrassing, and he said lightly: "It's my fault."

"Then you just wait, what are you afraid of," the old craftsman said again, "Duke Zheng is so rich, why are you afraid that he won't be able to send reinforcements and rescues? They will come sooner or later."

"What is scary is the human heart." He Chuanjiang said, "The people in the city are panic-stricken, the bandits outside the city are ambitious, and the dark rooms in the capital are deceiving... Maybe we don't even have relief, but they are just perfunctory verbally."

Zhao Xuan looked at He Chuanjiang with cold eyes.

He Chuan and Jiang Yuguang saw it, but still bit the bullet and continued: "Nowadays, the continuous heavy rain has trapped us here, making it difficult for us to go out for food. Sir, we are really in a dead end now."

The old craftsman withdrew his gaze, clenched his fingers on the bamboo stick, pondered for a while, and said: "I once helped Fang Yi Nai defeat the enemy in a series of battles in Tongdu. This battle made me famous, and I think you all know it."

"Yes, sir." He Chuanjiang said.

"I'm not a good person, and I don't help others for no reason," said the old craftsman. "At that time, Fang Yinai gave me three promises. How many promises are you going to give me?"

"promise?"

He Chuanjiang frowned and looked towards Zhao Yuan.

With disdain in his eyes, Zhao Xi said, "Is there such a thing, then what promise did he give you?"

"I can't say it," the old craftsman shook his head, "Of course I won't tell others about your promise. If you agree, I will help you out of your predicament in three days. If you don't agree, then I will be imprisoned by you obediently. After all, since you told me about your plight, you didn't plan to let me out again, did you?"

Zhao Xi sneered: "Do you know that I, Zhao Xi, hate being threatened the most in my life?"

"Is this considered a threat?" The old craftsman raised his hand and took off his bamboo hat, and said, "I haven't mentioned Mrs. Six, nor Miss Ling'ai Thirteenth."

Zhao Xi paused, then furiously said, "What did you say!"

The saber in his hand was about to be unsheathed, but He Chuanjiang held it down: "Don't worry, general!"

He Chuanjiang looked at the old craftsman: "Sir, are you trying to threaten people with female relatives?"

Coming all the way in a carriage, the old craftsman kept the hat and coir raincoat on his head all the time, and he didn't care at all that it would affect the other two people in the carriage.

This is the first time he has taken off his bamboo hat, facing the light with his back, he has a very good-looking face, but it is no longer young.

A few fine lines at the corners of his eyes made the light in his eyes more settled and determined, his eyes smiled slightly, and so did the corners of his lips, with a mocking smile.

Facing the furious Zhao Xi, the old craftsman remained calm, without feeling any fear at all, and said, "I didn't say that, but the general felt that I was threatening people, and I said that I was not a threat, and pointed out Let’s take a look at what a real threat is, that’s all.”

As he said that, he patted the rainwater on the bamboo hat, and said: "Since this business can't be done, then you can lock me up, and when you figure it out and think this business can be done, then Come find me anytime, but you only have three days."

He Chuanjiang couldn't decide on this matter, so he looked at Zhao Yu.

Zhao Xi said angrily: "Then lock it up! Someone!"

A few guards over there stepped forward: "General!"

"Please, this old gentleman, go down and sit down, and send more people to wait on him, and watch me closely!"

"Yes!"

He Chuanjiang wanted to stop him, but it was really difficult to speak in the current situation, so he pursed his lips and gave up.

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