A rebellious minister forced me to be a foolish king

Chapter 569: The Golden Hairpin for Ah Xiang

Yuan Wuyou only brought Jialuo, and the three of them, along with Xiao Tongyan, walked through the chaotic inn and onto the street.

The sky gradually darkened, before dawn.

I saw a group of armored soldiers pushing chariots and running out with weapons in hand, and every household had lights on. Because the east gate was guarded by the Northern Qi, and the west gate was attacked by the Northern Zhou, merchants and common people had nowhere to escape, so they opened the windows to watch the battle, looking at the chaos and flames on the street between the two gates.

The three of them walked along the long street as if they were not involved.

Xiao Tongyan explained beside Yuan Wuyou:
"The massacre of a city at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was that if the city did not resist, all the people would be taken captive. After looting the land and plundering money, food and other supplies, the craftsmen would be taken away, and the pretty women would be taken away. I don't need to tell you what the use of them was.

The beautiful boys were both slaves and military prostitutes, and their fate was probably even worse than that of the women. The adult men were taken as prisoners and used as human shields in the next siege. Everyone except the prisoners was killed, especially the defeated enemy soldiers and the elderly, weak, sick and disabled ordinary people, who were used to fill the trenches.

"You killed them all without resistance?"

"How can this be called a massacre? If you resist, not only will everyone be killed when the city is captured, at most they will take away some tender meat as military rations. Even the rats in the holes will be dug out and smashed to death. All the houses and city defenses will be torn down and the ground will be scraped off three feet! That's what we call razing to the ground!"

"Military rations? Aren't they the Jie people who call people "two-legged sheep" and eat them?"

"Do you think only the Five Barbarians eat people?" Xiao Tongyan looked at her with contempt. "Your Majesty only cares about two-legged sheep. Haven't you heard of the saying 'Even if there is a fire, don't envy the sheep, and the bones will rot'?"

"how do I say this?"

"The skinny old man called it "Rao Ba Huo" because the meat was too tough and needed to add some firewood to stew it for a while; the young men and women called it "Bu Xi Yang"; the children called it "He Gu Rou". Before the Five Barbarians, Cao Cao and Fu Deng in the Wei and Jin dynasties were all very good at eating. Haven't you heard about the interesting stories about Jia Xu, Cao Cao's poisonous scholar, and Cheng Yu, the chef?"

Although Yuan Wuyou felt frightened and cursed inwardly, he remained calm and composed.

"At this time, are you still in the mood to tell interesting stories?"

"The "Wei Jin Shiyu" records: "Taizu was short of food, and Cheng Yu plundered the local counties and provided three days of rations, mixed with dried meat. This is about Cao Cao's army being short of food, and Cheng Yu gave all the villagers to his lord as food. If Cheng Yu had not died early, when he saw Zhuge Kongming burning the rattan armor soldiers, he would definitely praise him for being a good eater."

"..."

The three of them were walking on the road, and the soldiers in front of them were hurrying, but they did not interfere with each other. Until one of the soldiers passed by the two of them, and suddenly shouted:
"Princess!"

Yuan Wuyou looked at Xiao Tongyan beside him in surprise, and it turned out that she was also looking at him.

Yuan Wuyou: "Looking for you? When did you get into trouble?"

Xiao Tongyan: "My romantic debt is long gone. It turns out that you have been a princess of not only two families in Qi, but also in Zhou?"

"Asshole! I am a prince in Zhou State, who dares to humiliate me like this?"

The two men looked at each other, blaming each other, until a garrison soldier in iron armor came over and bowed to Yuan Wuyou.

"It's really you, Princess Ande! What a coincidence! What a kindness! Would you mind giving me something to give to my sweetheart?"

Upon hearing this, Jialuo, who had been following the two of them silently, rushed forward quickly and drew his sword to protect Yuan Wuyou.

"How dare you! Who are you?"

Looking at the unfamiliar face under the helmet of the armored soldier in front of him, and the smile on his gray face, Yuan Wuyou still stopped Jialuo. "You made a mistake, didn't you? Where did King Ande get his princess?" She wanted to skin Gao Yanzong alive at this moment! This fox was merciful everywhere, and even left his name? As a result, the buddy nodded affirmatively and said, "It was you! A few days ago, you and King Ande came out of the restaurant, and I was talking to my cousin, and I saw your face. My cousin was a guard in front of King Ande, and King Ande said in person that you are the princess!"

As he said this, he thrust a double-stranded golden hairpin in front of her.

"I have to go and defend the city. Please help me give this hairpin to my sweetheart!"

Upon hearing that the reckless male soldier recognized the young master, Jialuo sheathed his sword and once again quietly and vigilantly protected the girl.

There were really few people in the world who dared to call her Princess Yuan Wuyou, let alone Princess Ande, and she was not willing to accept it. But seeing that he was sweating profusely, and the situation was urgent, she did not get angry.

"to whom?"

"Just give it to King Ande."

Yuan Wuyou's eyes suddenly widened, his face and heart showing shock, "You like King Ande?"

Damn it, the sky is falling. Has the charm of the male fox expanded to men?

The male soldier hurriedly shook his head, "That's not the case! She is a subordinate of King Ande, and her name seems to be Yan... a female general named Yan something..."

Yuan Wuyou turned her head and glanced at Xiao Tongyan, "You?" As a result, the sister quickly turned her face away, clearly drawing a line between them.

She had no choice but to bite the bullet and deal with this infatuated Jun Ge, "Yan Tinglei, right? How could you like her? Does she know about this?"

"Yes! No, it's A Xiang, a female soldier under General Yan..." The man's round face under the helmet turned red with embarrassment, but his tone became much gentler when he mentioned his beloved girl.

"She and I were engaged since we were young, but later on her family died. My parents had always treated her as one of our own, and we were going to get married. But a few years ago, when the Southern Liang conquered Bowang, she left with General Yan, and we haven't seen each other for three years..." He raised the double-stranded golden hairpin to examine it, and with his other hand he felt the pattern on it, and sighed.

"This is the one Ah Xiang touched back then. She said that we would split it in half when we got married. I saved up my military pay for several years to buy it, but I never gave it away. Please give it to King Ande and Ah Xiang."

Yuan Wuyou glanced at Xiao Tongyan who was looking up at the sky beside him, and could only comfort the armored soldier in front of him,

"I will ask General Yan to help you find Ah Xiang, but if you don't keep half of the pair of golden hairpins, how can you recognize her?"

The soldier still held the golden hairpin and insisted on handing it to Yuan Wuyou, "No need to recognize each other, just give the hairpin to her."

Just as Yuan Wuyou was about to take over, an arm suddenly crossed in front of him! Xiao Tongyan snatched the golden hairpin, clasped his fists at the armored soldier and said with a smile, "I am Yan Tinglei, and I will definitely help you get out."

Hearing this, the buddy laughed so hard that his helmet almost burst open, and he happily bowed to the two of them again!
"Thank you, Princess Princess and General Yan! I'm leaving now!"

After that he ran away.

Xiao Tongyan watched the figure of the armored soldier leaving until he blended into the ranks of the garrison soldiers and disappeared in the firelight. Then she silently pinned the hairpin to her lapel and said coldly,
"He was determined to die."

"Why are you still wearing your own clothes? Can you find that girl Xiang?"

"Of course I can't find it." As he said that, Xiao Tongyan took off the gold hairpin pinned on his lapel, used both hands to pry it open into two, and threw it into the puddle next to him.