"Don't worry, with this son here, even the king of heaven and Lao Tzu can't trap us." Su Zhe smiled idly, brushed his hand and said, "Big guy, hurry up and light the fire, bury the pot and make rice, son, my stomach is grumbling with hunger." ”

As he spoke, Su Zhe deliberately shrank his stomach and looked hungry.

The people had no choice but to collect firewood and carry firewood, and make a fire, and set up pots and pots, and boil water.

Although the food was fragrant, and everyone was hungry, the thought of being trapped in this valley made everyone unable to lift their spirits, and they had no appetite for eating, and they were all listless and sighed.

Only Su Zhe has a surprisingly good appetite, and it is not enough to eat two bowls.

"It's so fragrant, Xiaoxiao, hurry up and take out our pickled bamboo shoots in Jingzhou and cook for the big guys." Su Zhelian gobbled it up and urged.

Su Xiaoxiao was helpless, so she had to take out the pickle jar and hold it in front of Su Zhe, but muttered in her mouth: "It's all at this time, son, your appetite is still so good, you can eat it." ”

"You don't understand this, the body is the capital of the revolution, no matter what time you have to be full, come and come, cheer up, eat first and then sigh before it's too late."

As he spoke, Su Zhe took a few bites of pickled bamboo shoots and praised them, looking intoxicated by the delicious food in the world.

"Revolution? What revolution? Childe is babbling nonsense and saying some strange things again......"

Su Xiaoxiao muttered, took a bite of bamboo shoots in her mouth, but the food was tasteless, and she still had no appetite.

"Childe is right, you can't be a starving ghost when you die." Hu Che'er slapped his thigh, and suddenly figured it out, and gobbled it up when he picked up the bowl.

Zhou Cang waited for most people, but they were still worried, just like Su Xiaoxiao, they had no appetite, so they could only eat silently.

Su Zhe ate half of it, watched Diao Chan not move his chopsticks, and then sandwiched a piece of pickled bamboo shoots to her, "This is our special dish in Jingzhou, it is very delicious, you can try it." ”

"Thank you, Childe." Diao Chan picked it up, took a small bite of Bei Yan, and smiled reluctantly: "It's really delicious." ”

"I said it's delicious, then eat a few more slices." Su Zhe smiled proudly and clipped a few more slices to her.

Diao Chan looked at the pickled bamboo shoots in the bowl, and the chopsticks were flicked back and forth, but he never had the desire to eat them, and wanted to say something to Su Zhe several times, but he stopped talking.

As the night darkens, bonfires are lit, and in the silent valley, everyone has their own concerns.

……

On the third day, the siege continued.

Lu Bu outside the valley was determined to recapture Diao Chan, and hundreds of Bingzhou cavalry camped on the spot at various exits outside the valley, and at the same time divided some soldiers and horses to search for grain and grass in the nearby county towns.

With no worries about grain and grass, Lu Bu took out twelve points of patience, drank wine all day long, nibbled on roast mutton, and waited for Su Zhe to run out of food, and then had to go out of the grain.

The situation in the valley is indeed as Lu Bu expected, and the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable.

Although Su Zhe sent Hu Che'er and brought soldiers who were good at shooting, and shot a lot of game in the valley, after all, they had more than a hundred mouths, and relying on these few game prey alone could eventually replenish the consumption of grain and grass.

On the third day, even Su Zhe himself could only eat a few taels a day, and the rest of the people's rations were even less.

There are siegers outside, there is food and grass inside, and under the internal worries and external difficulties, the morale of everyone is more and more depressed.

It's day, it's night.

The big guys don't have much energy because they can't eat, so they mostly rely on each other and sleep in clothes.

Su Zhe stood on a small high slope, looking out of the valley from a distance, his eyes changing uncertainly, thoughtfully.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and before he turned around, he smelled the familiar faint body fragrance.

"It's so late, hasn't Miss Diao Chan slept yet?" Su Zhe turned around slowly, and sure enough, it was Diao Chan.

Diao Chan couldn't help but wonder: "Childe didn't look back, how do you know it's me?" ”

"There is a saying called smelling fragrance and knowing women, Miss Diao Chan has never heard of it." Su Zhe smiled faintly.

Diao Chan was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized, remembering that in the past few days, he had a lot of close contact with Su Zhe, and even accidentally hugged him in the carriage, how could Su Zhe not be familiar with this pink fragrance on his body.

"Childe will call me a cicada in the future, it's not so raw." Diao Chan's face was slightly dizzy, and he said softly.

"Cicadas, well, listen too." Su Zhe nodded, and asked with a smile: "Then the cicada, you haven't slept so late, could it be that you have something on your mind?" ”

Diao Chan nodded: "Don't hide it from Childe, I've been thinking about talking to Childe for the past few days, but I've been hesitating, and now I have finally made up my mind, I must tell Childe." ”

Su Zhe's expression moved, in fact, he had already seen that Diao Chan had something on her mind, but she wanted to speak a few times and stopped, obviously having scruples, so she didn't ask much.

Hearing her say this, Su Zhe said: "You and I are in the same boat, if you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Diao Chan said with a straight face: "Our grain is about to be eaten up, and at most we will get out of the valley the day after tomorrow, with Lu Bu's ruthless methods, I am afraid that Gongzi and your subordinates will be killed." ”

After taking a deep breath, a certain determination swelled up on her face, "Childe is kind to me, how can I watch Childe die because of saving me, so I want to ask Childe to let me go out of the valley alone, then Lu Bu's purpose should be just to catch me back, as long as I go with him, he will probably let Childe go." ”

As expected, Su Zhe guessed that Diao Chan wanted to sacrifice himself to save their lives.

"What about Lingzun Lingtang, aren't you going to do this?" Su Zhe asked rhetorically.

Diao Chan bit his lip and sighed bitterly: "Of course I don't want to be separated from my parents, but I have no choice but to do it, and then I will ask Gongzi to take his second elder to Jingzhou and take care of them for me. ”

At this moment, Su Zhe couldn't help but feel a sense of awe for the peerless beauty in front of him, not wanting her to have such a great sacrifice spirit even if she was a weak woman from a poor background.

"Diao Chan, you are really a strange woman......"

After sighing in his heart, Su Zhe laughed at himself and said: "I originally wanted to save the cicada from the sea of suffering, but now it has become the other way to be saved by you, if I really promised you, wouldn't my Su Zhe become a joke in the eyes of the world, I can't afford this pot." ”

"Pot? What pot to back? ”

Diao Chan was stunned, unable to understand the consciousness of the second half of his words, but he could also hear that Su Zhe's tone was obviously not intended to adopt her proposal.

Diao Chan suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly said: "But if this is not the case, you will all have to die, son, how can I bear it!" ”

"Don't worry, we won't die, and you don't have to sacrifice yourself, Childe, I have my own way to take you out of Ascension." A confident smile swelled on Su Zhe's face, and there was a bit of weirdness in his eyes.

Diao Chan froze in place, her pretty face was full of confusion, and she couldn't think of where Su Zhe's confidence came from.

Just when she was dazed, Su Zhe had already turned around and shouted at the people down the slope: "It's almost time, move for this son, untie all your belts, and knot a long rope for me." ”