When Liu Ji heard Xiang Liang's words, the expression on his face froze and he slowly put down his wine glass.
"General, actually, before we came here, we had already heard about Zi Shishuai's reputation." He sighed and looked in Zi Juan's direction.
"Actually... Master Zi is not the only one who buries the past in Pangshan."
"...General Liu...how do you say this!?" Zijuan was stunned when she heard Liu Ji's words, and immediately felt as if her heart had skipped a beat, and her body
He thrust forward suddenly.
Xiong Xin sat in the front seat, listening to the chats of the people below, shrugging his shoulders indifferently, eating and drinking when he should, listening to their stories, and blame the cook.
Chen Ying also behaved gracefully and did not speak, but just sat there silently.
"At that time, the general and the two generals Xiang Yu and Xiang An had left. Since I had nowhere to go for the time being, I went to search the ruins of Zijia Village again to see if there were any survivors left." Liu Ji's
A smile appeared on his face, "After uncovering many ruins and debris, I didn't expect to find a boy."
"——Where is he!?" Zijuan slapped the table and stood up, her demeanor completely lost, with an unbelievable look on her face.
"I brought him back to me, and he is in the army now." Liu Ji nodded.
"Your Majesty, father!" Zijuan turned around suddenly, almost falling down, and looked at Xiang Liang with eagerness in her eyes.
Xiang Liang let out a long breath, pondered for a moment, and looked at Xiong Xin: "Your Majesty?"
"Reunion is the most important thing. Master Zi, please go ahead." Although he didn't understand the specific situation, Xiong Xin still gave the order, "General Xiang An, you and Master Zi are brothers and sisters. Please accompany me."
Let’s go and see her together.”
"General, you will obey the order." Xiang An clasped his fists and nodded, said hello to Xiang Liang, then showed a kind smile to Liu Ji, and walked out of the hall with Zijuan.
The few people who stayed in the main hall looked at each other after Xiang An Zijuan left, and then started happily drinking, eating, and doing business with each other.
Zi Juan breathed a sigh of relief after walking out of the hall.
He lowered his head, but his body softened and fell to the side.
Xiang An was startled and quickly supported Zijuan.
"Xiaosi? Don't scare me, what's going on?"
"Second brother..." Zijuan raised her head, with tears of excitement and confusion in her eyes, and looked at Xiang An, who was stunned.
"Ashu...is he really still alive?"
Xiang An knew who the Ashu she was talking about was slightly silent.
Then he patted Zijuan on the back and said with a smile: "She must still be alive! Didn't Pei Gong already say this!"
"Let's go quickly!" Xiang An rubbed Zi Juan's head, "You should be happy that you have found your brother!"
"...Hmm!" Zijuan was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily.
After finding Liu Ji's soldiers and asking for directions, Xiang An took Zijuan out of the city gate of Xiapi and came to the place where Liu Ji's army was stationed, hoping to find the possible "A tree".
...
Inside Liu Ji's military camp.
In a separate tent, a young man licked his lips and gently rubbed a dagger with his fingertips.
If you look carefully, you can actually see that his pupils are trembling slightly.
Exhaling a hot breath, he turned his fingers, and the dagger flew up and down, creating a strange and dangerous knife flower.
"Zijuan...Ahua...Sister..." He muttered softly, sitting on the ground spinning the dagger with eyes blankly, and then——
puff--
He threw the dagger to the ground, and it was completely submerged into the ground all the way to the handle.
Biting his upper lip, the young man pulled the dagger out of the soil and closed his eyes.
"Female General of Western Chu... Commander Zi." He muttered something again.
His eyes were closed, but they were trembling.
Tears were squeezed out of the corners of his eyes, arced along the young man's cheeks, and fell from his chin to the clothes on his chest, making the clothes wet.
"Sister...is that you?" He gritted his teeth and murmured softly, rather choked with sobs.
His name is Zi Huai.
It was a child that Liu Ji dug out from under the rubble, brought home, and raised in the old woman's house next door.
He pricked his fingertip with the sharp edge of the dagger, and the pain finally awakened him from his trance. He put his index finger into his mouth, sucked gently, and felt the irony smell blooming on the tip of his tongue. He finally calmed down.
Come down.
Sighing, Zi Huai stood up, pinched his sleeves and wiped away the tears on his face, regained his indifferent expression, and walked out of his small tent.
Although he is following this army, he is not a general with military rank, nor is he even an ordinary infantryman.
His identity is... slightly special.
"Hey, Ashu is here." A strong general walked towards him and greeted Zihuai in a friendly manner.
"General Fan." Zi Huai showed a rather cold smile.
"How do you feel about being in the army? Are you okay?" Fan Kuai patted Zi Huai on the shoulder. He didn't pay much attention to Zi Huai's cold attitude, but was a little concerned.
"Yes, I can adapt." Zihuai nodded, "Has the general entered the city already?"
"You kid cares about things outside... You went in in the morning, and it's already lunch time." Fan Kuai said, suddenly realizing something, "Wait a minute, you kid won't forget it again.
Have you eaten?"
"Ah..." Zi Huai was stunned for a moment, smiled awkwardly, and said, holding his stomach, "I said...why am I a little hungry?"
Fan Kuai shook his head helplessly, groped around on his body, and finally found a piece of dry biscuit and handed it to Zi Huai: "Here, eat as much as you like, you haven't stopped growing yet, don't forget to eat next time.
"
"Hmm, um..." Zi Huai nodded stiffly, took the biscuits, said goodbye to Fan Kuai, ran to the kitchen to ask for a bowl of water, and ate the biscuits with the water.
And outside the military camp.
"You...are looking for that child Zihuai?" A general with a wild hairstyle looked at Xiang An and Zijuan strangely.
"I am Xiang An, and this is my sister Zijuan. We are the king's subordinates. Come here now..." Xiang An stood in front of Zijuan and told the general about their situation.
"Ah - I know!" The general interrupted Xiang An's words and pointed at Zijuan in sudden realization, "You are Ashu's sister, right?"
Zijuan was stunned, pushed aside Xiang An, and approached the general: "Where is Ashu? Please - please tell me!"
"Okay, I'll take you to find him!" The general looked very happy, "We will work together from now on, maybe you will still be my superiors!"
"My name is Xia Houying!"
Xia Houying took Xiang An and Zijuan around in the military camp. After asking several people, he finally found Zihuai in the kitchen.
Opening the kitchen door curtain, what caught Zijuan's eyes was Zihuai, who was hunched over and squatting next to a small stool, munching on dry biscuits in the cold water until her cheeks bulged.