Chu Huan saw that the monkey was full of complaints, and said with a smile: "Since you know that the northwest is a place where dogs don't, why do you have to go to the northwest?" ”

"Big brother, you can scold me, but you can't underestimate people." The monkey immediately said, "Look at you, didn't you also flee to the northwest?" How did you come here? ”

Chu Huan chuckled and said, "I heard that the Northwest has implemented the Juntian Order, so I want to go to the Northwest to take a look and see if I can also get a piece of land." In the past, I was just farming for others, but if I could have my own piece of land, it would be better than anything else. ”

When the monkey heard this, he nodded and said, "That's a good thing you say." It's just that I heard that the Northwest implements the Juntian Order, and only the people in the Northwest can get the land. But then again, even if you starve to death in the northwest, it's better than being killed. ”

"Where are you from?" Chu Huan said: "Listening to your voice, it looks like someone near Gyeonggi. ”

The monkey said, "Who said it wasn't." Big brother, seeing that you are honest, I won't hide it from you, I used to mix in Jingchengli, I don't know if you know the Kuaishou Hall ...... in Beijing! ”

"Kuaishoutang?" Chu Huan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said softly: "Although I haven't heard of it, as the name suggests, there are many masters among them!" ”

The monkey was extremely thick-skinned, Chu Huan's words were sarcastic, he was not ashamed but proud, and said: "There were more than 20 people in Kuaishou Hall at the beginning, all of whom were top masters in this industry...... Hey, that's already in the past, and now Kuaishou Hall is afraid that it will disappear, and there are not a few people left. When the mob rushed to the city, I happened to be not in the capital, and when I rushed over, I saw the capital in flames, and when I inquired around, I learned that tens of thousands of refugees rushed into the city, burning, killing and looting, and many bandits flocked to ......! Speaking of this, his eyes showed a look of horror, and he smiled bitterly: "Didn't you see, although I didn't enter the city, but outside the city, I saw a mountain of corpses, many people in the city finally escaped, and they were caught up outside the city, and all of them were killed, if I hadn't pretended to be dead, I was afraid that the head would have fallen to the ground long ago." ”

Chu Huan's face sank, and he said in a low voice: "The capital has become like this? ”

"Look at your appearance, you know that you didn't run out of the capital." The monkey said: "You don't have to enter the city, you can see the fire in the city more than ten miles away, when I left, it had been burning for several days, and it had not been extinguished." How prosperous the capital used to be, now it seems that it is really going to be burned down by a fire...... I don't know how many people died in the city, and I can smell the scorching smell inside from a long distance......! ”

"What is the situation now, do you know?"

The monkey shook his head and said: "I escaped all the way, but I heard that the Qin soldiers guarding Qin Shui fled a lot, and then fought with the Tianmen Daoists for several days, and Tianmen Dao defeated the Qin army. He couldn't help but say: "Big brother, you said that this emperor knew that Tianmen Dao was rebelling, and he went to Hexi to do something?" It's good now, the emperor can't go back if he wants to. ”

"In that case, why don't you take refuge in Hexi?" Chu Huan asked: "The emperor is in Hexi, there are soldiers and horses over there, and even if Tianmen Dao fights over, there are soldiers and horses to stop it." ”

The monkey looked left and right, couldn't help but spit on the ground, and said in a low voice: "Go to Hexi?" That's not looking for death. That emperor only knows the Tao, over the years, the people have paid heavy taxes, how many people have sold their sons and daughters, when we go to Hexi, won't we still be oppressed by him? How many soldiers and horses can there be in Hexi? When we got to Hexi, we had a bad trouble, and we all had to be dragged to be soldiers, so the ghosts ran there. On the northwest side, although it is poorer, but the governor of Chu will not drag us all to fight, I heard that the governor of Chu is good to the people, not only to give everyone land, but also to pay a light gift, now it seems that in the whole world, I am afraid that only the northwest can live. ”

Chu Huan didn't expect that his reputation had already spread into the pass, and he was about to say something, but he saw that in the crowd, five or six men who looked like homeless people were coming over here, although those people were shabby, they were burly, and they were not ordinary people at first glance, and their walking movements obviously had traces of soldiers.

These people seemed to be walking around boringly in the crowd, but Chu Huan was keenly aware that their eyes were wandering around, as if they were looking for someone.

Chu Huan's brows tightened, he had already turned his back, the monkey was about to say something, but Chu Huan didn't pay attention to it, he walked away, the monkey saw this, and touched his head, but Chu Huan no longer troubled him, he couldn't ask for it, and soon hid in the crowd, Chu Huan also passed through the crowd quietly, and occasionally turned around, and found that there were more than a few people in the crowd, and in many places, there were soldiers in disguise shuttling through the crowd, all looking for something.

Chu Huan quickened his pace and returned to a remote place where Mei Niang and the others were, and when she saw Chu Huan coming back, Mei Niang breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How is the situation?" When will we be able to get out? ”

"Xigu Pass has been blocked." Chu Huan's expression was solemn, "Look at it like this, just like Mei Niang's previous guess, it should be the prince who sent someone to pass the order, and Da Xizhang blocked the pass, just to prevent us from leaving the pass!" ”

Mei Niang Xiumei stood up and said angrily: "That dog thing, it's really amazing to do things." ”

Qi Hong looked at the towering and heavy pass, frowned and said: "My lord, Xigu Pass is the only way to get out, once there is a blockade here, if you want to get out, there is no other way." ”

"If only it was to prevent us from getting out." Mei Niang frowned and said, "But I'm worried that the prince's dog has other plans." ”

Chu Huan said: "You mean he wants to cut off the connection between the northwest and the Guannai?" ”

"The salt road in the northwest and the Guan, and the West Valley Pass is the throat." Mei Niang said: "We have salt in the northwest, and when it is transported to the customs, it can be exchanged for money and grain, but once this road is blocked, from now on, I am afraid that not a single grain will be transported to the northwest...... Brother Huan, there are still several months before the autumn harvest, and the current grain storage in the northwest is probably not enough to support the military and civilians in the northwest. If Xigu Pass is kept blocked, we will only be starved to death in the northwest. ”

Qi Hong frowned and said: "If the prince wants to cut off the salt road in the northwest, even if he blocks it for three or five months, although it will bring pressure to the northwest, it may not be able to drag the northwest down...... Could it be that he really wants to trap the Northwest for a long time? But in this case, what about Kannai? The southeast is occupied by Tianmen Road, and on the Fuhai side, King Qingtian and the Liaodong Army are fighting lively, and the salt road will not be smooth for a while. ”

"How can he care about the life and death of the people?" Mei Niang sneered: "He just wants to make a famine in the northwest and trap Brother Huan alive......!" ”

Chu Huan looked at the pass that was transported out, thoughtful.

Mei Niang glanced at the queen, the queen was standing on the side at this time, and she was also looking at the pass from afar, thoughtfully, and couldn't help but say: "I knew that Xigu Pass was so important, I should have fought it down in the morning, this is the throat of the northwest, hold it in your own hands, advance and retreat freely, now it's good, this pass is so steep, and the soldiers and horses at the end are also prepared, even if you want to fight now, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky." ”

Qi Hong hurriedly said: "Madam, that's not what I said. Chu Governor is the governor of the northwest, and the imperial court did not make a move against Chu Governor before, if Chu Governor rashly attacks Xigu Pass, it is a rebellion, if that is the case, the soldiers and horses of Xishan and Anyi will be killed to the northwest immediately, and the consequences are unimaginable, but I am afraid that the salt road has long been cut off......! ”

"You understand." Mei Niang glared at Qi Hong angrily, looked at the queen, and said, "Queen Niang, since you want to see your son in the northwest, you should also find a way to get out." After you get out of the pass, you can see your son soon, otherwise this pass will become an insurmountable barrier for your mother and son to meet. ”

The queen turned her head and asked, "What do you think I should think?" ”

"You are the queen, this Da Xizhang who guards the pass, you naturally know." Mei Niang said: "According to reason, he should be your courtier, you let him open and let him go, does he dare not listen to you?" ”

The queen just smiled faintly, did not speak, and still turned her head to look at Xiguguan.

Seeing this, Mei Niang was immediately a little annoyed, and said to Chu Huan: "Brother Huan, the queen is in our hands, let's take the queen over now, I don't believe it, with the queen in our hands, Da Xizhang dares to blatantly do it to us." ”

Chu Huan said: "Da Xizhang doesn't dare, doesn't the prince dare?" Even if the crown prince cares about the queen's life, we may not be able to pass the test easily. He glanced at the queen and said softly: "Compared to the crown prince, Xuanyuan Shao wants to kill me even more, Xuanyuan family-style Qin State's first martial arts family, you dare to guarantee that Da Xizhang and Xuanyuan Shao have no traces?" ”

"Da Xizhang was able to become the guard of Xigu Pass, and it was recommended by Xuanyuan Pingzhang back then." The queen didn't look back, and said lightly: "In order to guard the position of the general, Huang Ju and Xuanyuan Pingzhang recommended it at the same time, and the saint finally decided on the ...... of Da Xizhang recommended by Xuanyuan Pingzhang!" ”

When Chu Huan heard this, he smiled bitterly: "In this way, we have no last hope." Xiang Mei Niang said: "What if Da Xizhang sees us and does it to us regardless of the queen's safety?" Even if Da Xizhang is not the person recommended by the Xuanyuan family, there is a little bit of this possibility, and now it is even more likely, with such a possibility, we can't take risks lightly, not to mention that there is a hidden murder now. ”

Mei Niang sighed and said, "What should I do then?" If I knew where Da Xizhang was, I could sneak into the past and capture the thief and capture the king, but now I don't even know where Da Xizhang is......! ”

"Since Da Xizhang clearly wants to arrest us, how can he not take precautions?" Chu Huan said: "If he is on top of the wall now, can you still fly up?" Capturing the thief and capturing the king is nothing more than wishful thinking. ”

Mei Niang stomped her foot and said angrily: "This can't be done, that's not possible, so what do you say?" ”