Chapter 121 Borrowing or stealing?

Seeing General Wei asking questions, Shen Yuexi thought badly. If the other party knew his identity, things would be even more difficult to handle.

She thought quickly and made up an identity: "The little girl's name is...Yang Cong, she is here on behalf of Xiaogang Village."

Anyway, Yang Cong will definitely not care. Let's borrow her identity first.

"Yang Cong?" General Wei looked Shen Yuexi up and down on the city wall, "Why are you covering your face so tightly?"

"The wind and sand were so strong along the way that my face was all chapped," Shen Yuexi said. "Although this little girl comes from a poor family, she still pays great attention to skin care."

General Wei said oh, turned around and said to the sergeant beside him: "You all go down and warm yourself by the fire."

Shen Yuexi saw the sergeants on the city wall leaving one after another, and felt confused. He sent the sergeants away, pretending to say something in private.

After the sergeant left, General Wei replied: "Are you the abandoned princess Shen Yuexi?"

With such a tight face, the other party could actually recognize her?

"The general admitted the wrong person. This little girl doesn't know Shen Yuexi."

Qiu Liming also echoed: "General Wei, she is indeed a villager in Xiaogang Village."

"I knew you two were collaborating to deceive me," General Wei said to the two of them, "General Qiu, when you passed by me with your soldiers, I shouldn't have opened the door to let you pass. Later, Meng Yue led his soldiers and passed by me in the same way. ,right?"

"Yes, Qiu deeply feels the general's kindness." Qiu Liming cupped his fists and raised his hands on the horse.

"Even if you didn't say it explicitly, Wei knew that you were going to follow the imperial convict Xiao Zhuo, so why did he let you go?"

"Please let me know, General."

General Wei said: "Wei's parents died at the hands of Beidi people."

Shen Yuexi was heartbroken. This General Wei was not a fool. He knew where Qiu Liming and Mengyue were going and let them out because Xiao Zhuo fought against Beidi and avenged his parents.

"So that's it." Qiu Liming said, "The general has clear grudges, so Qiu will retaliate in the future."

"So you two don't have to lie to me. How can a dignified general be on par with a village girl? Apart from Shen Yuexi, I can't think of anyone else."

Seeing that General Wei saw through it, Shen Yuexi no longer concealed it. She reached out and pulled off her turban, revealing her face.

"General Wei, I am Shen Yuexi."

General Wei nodded: "Shen Yuexi, His Majesty ordered you and Xiao Zhuo to be captured. Wei should have sent troops. However, Commander Zhao had an order and the border guards were not allowed to leave the border. Wei did not dare to disobey the military order, so he I won’t arrest you anymore.”

Shen Yuexi saw General Wei's goodwill and said: "General Wei, I accept your wishes. But these five thousand prisoners came all the way and are already hungry. I hope the general will send food to save them."

"Xirong Beidi is a raccoon dog, and Wei hates it deeply," General Wei said, "but my sergeants have been living at the border for a long time and are extremely bored. I will lead all the sergeants to hunt in the afternoon, leaving only the beacon tower sergeants to guard. I will return at noon tomorrow .Farewell and farewell.”

After saying that, General Wei turned around and left.

Qiu Liming raised his hand to shout, but General Wei had already disappeared. He patted the horse's head and said:

"You didn't give us anything, why did you just leave like this?"

"No, he has already agreed," Shen Yuexi nodded, "General Wei is not a bad soldier."

"What did he promise?" Monk Qiu Li Mingzhang was confused.

"Let's talk about it when we get back," Shen Yuexi turned the horse's head, "It's windy here. If we stay here for a while, our face will get chapped."

Although she started pretending to be Yang Cong, she didn't really want to look like Yang Cong.

Returning to the camp where the prisoners were located, Yang Cong came forward to greet them. Seeing that the two men returned empty-handed, he asked: "The border gate refused to accept them? They also didn't distribute food and grass?"

Her voice was quite loud, and the prisoners sitting in the camp heard her clearly. When they saw Qiu Liming nodding, they suddenly became commotion. Many prisoners began to cry softly.

"The Crown Princess," Qiang Lin, who was beside the group of prisoners, said feebly, "The Crown Princess."

Shen Yuexi got off her horse and walked quickly to Qiang Lin. Now the prisoners were staggering with hunger, and many of them could not stand up. She was not worried that the prisoners would get angry and hurt her.

"Qiang Lin, I'm here." She half-crouched in front of Qiang Lin.

Qiang Lin leaned on a Xirong sergeant and said to Shen Yuexi: "Princess, you have done enough to keep us alive. The border border does not distribute food and grass, and it has nothing to do with you."

Shen Yuexi consoled her: "Don't worry, let me tell you, if you persist for one afternoon, you will have something to eat in the evening."

Qiang Lin said: "The gods let us die here, and we have no resentment."

His voice became lower and lower, until finally it was inaudible, and he closed his eyes.

Seeing that he no longer had the strength to speak, Shen Yuexi stood up and walked out of the crowd, called Qiu Liming aside, and said to him:

"General Zhao has an order not to allow General Wei to lend food and grass. He will definitely not dare. However, he has promised to help us. The rest depends on our own abilities."

Qiu Liming said: "Madam, I don't understand."

"He cannot take the initiative to lend food and grass. If the food and grass are stolen, he can find any excuse to shirk it."

"What do you mean, madam...steal?"

Qiu Liming was shocked. After all, his wife was also a daughter of the Duke's family. Why was she thinking about petty theft?

"It's not stealing, it's borrowing." Shen Yuexi quickly corrected, "General Wei specifically told us that he would lead his soldiers on a hunting trip in the afternoon and would return at noon tomorrow. Why did he tell us specifically to give us time to do this?"

"Ah," Qiu Liming suddenly realized, "But how are we going to get food? The city wall is so high and we don't have a ladder."

"Since they agreed to lend us food and grass, we naturally walked through the city gate. Why set up a ladder?"

"The city gate must be closed." Qiu Liming still didn't understand. "If we force it open, wouldn't it be an siege?"

"Don't worry, I have a way to open locks. Wait until late at night, and I will go to the city wall first. You can send five hundred soldiers to follow. Don't use torches, but use the method of stealing a camp."

Qiu Liming looked at Shen Yuexi with disbelief. What did the second lady of the Duke's mansion learn before she married the prince?

He scratched his head: "Why don't we go now?"

"Go now and let the sergeant see you, and you will be in trouble. This can only be done secretly."

"oh."

Shen Yuexi turned to call Yang Cong and said, "Let the prisoners drink some more water, so that everyone can hold on until night."

"Madam, everyone has drank a lot of water," Yang Cong looked at the captives in embarrassment, "The more we drink, the hungrier we become. We can't drink any more."

"If you persist a little longer, there will be food." Shen Yuexi said while looking at the city wall in the distance.

She must save these five thousand lives.

Late at night, she first mounted her horse and galloped toward the city wall alone. Qiu Liming led five hundred sergeants to follow behind on foot.

The city wall was pitch black, without a single torch, and it was completely deserted.

Shen Yuexi jumped off the horse and reached out to touch the heavy door.

This city gate was not officially a city gate for pedestrians to enter and exit. It was only three meters high and could allow a carriage to enter and exit. She tried to push it gently, and the door swayed slightly, and the iron lock rattled inside the door. sound.

It’s done.

Shen Yuexi took back her hand and thought silently in her heart: "Is Big Bear here?"

"Dear Master, Big Bear is here. What do you want to make?"
Chapter completed!